Monsters in Love: Lost in the Deeps: A Paranormal Monster Romance Anthology by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Darklight Press
Published: 2023-09-25T18:30:00+00:00

Minato

I follow her belowdecks as she gives cursory information about the direction of the sleeping quarters and main common areas. Once we are out of earshot of her crew, she motions to me to come closer. “I know you must have lots of questions. As do I. But I really don’t want to get into what happened right now, okay?”

“Sure. No need to talk about your fully clothed swan dive into the ocean on a moonless night. That’s a perfectly normal, everyday decision.”

She clenches her hands into little fists at her side. “Look, I don’t know or understand what happened, okay? That’s why I don’t want to talk about it.”

I work to keep the exasperation from my voice. “Just answer me this—are you okay?” Her heart-pounding terror called to me. I was afraid I would be too late to help her. As it was, I had planned on sweet talking my way on board, and so was nearby.

I saw her leap over the rail into the water, with two hunter-seekers behind her. Creatures from the other side of the rift, they would have dragged her to the abyss.

Her face relaxes into a smooth mask. “I am now, and that’s all that matters. If you go here, you’ll see the map room.”

I humor her, and let the topic go for now. But, I will be damned if I ever let Kaia feel that level of terror again.

While she changes into clean dry clothes, I look around the map room. It’s a catchall room that contains various mementos. And though it was a tribute to her parents in the family and different versions of them posing in front of the boat, or on it, what caught my attention was the necklace and the shell that hung from it.

No wonder I’ve stopped hearing her. She stopped wearing it. But why? She promised never to take it off.

And yet she did not know me. And I am wrestling with myself to figure out if I should be the one to tell her or let fate grant her some mercy.

She came up to me answered they’ve been out in the water for a while.

“Where are your parents? If you don’t mind me asking?”

A practiced calm settles over her features. I recognize myself in it.

She crosses her arms across her chest. “Everyone says they’re dead. I know better.”

“Oh?”

Her fist trembles at her side. “After so long, they’ve been declared dead.”

“But you don’t believe that, do you?”

She shakes her head, her lips in a firm line. “It doesn’t matter what I believe.”

“It matters to me. If you say they’re alive, then I believe they are as well. I have considerable resources at my disposal and would love nothing more than to help you search for them.”

“Is that part of your three-day ocean excursion?” she says with a wry laugh. “Comb the entire ocean, find lost expeditions. And what shall we do on the third day?”

I pretend to think about it. “I don’t know. I hear playing on a beach is a popular choice.

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