The Mermaid's Kiss by Darlene Kuncytes

Author:Darlene Kuncytes [Kuncytes, Darlene]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-07T16:00:00+00:00

Chase watched the curious little imp intently, knowing that she was holding something back. He saw a flash of something cross her features. Sadness, maybe? He couldn’t be certain, but there was something below the surface with this one, and he found himself wanting to find out what it was exactly that brought that wistful look to her eyes.

He realized that he had actually enjoyed the last few hours sitting and talking with her. More than he had ever remembered enjoying anything in a very long time. Or ever, for that matter. This all was so not his style. He didn’t sit around and talk. And even though, for all intents and purposes, he was on the “out of commission” list for the moment, he found himself wanting the moment to go on and on.

“You really should rest,” she insisted softly, although he didn’t hear much conviction in her tone at all. “I’m sure I’ve exhausted you with all my questions.”

“I’m good, although I would kill for a cup of coffee right about now. You don’t happen to have any in that magical bag of yours, do you?”

She shook her head.

“Well, then, how about another water?”

She dug around and handed him the bottle and he cracked it open.

It was better than nothing.

“You seem very,” he paused, searching for the right words, “well-schooled in the world outside…or above…or however you wish to phrase it. Do you come up on land often?”

He watched her expression change instantly, as if the very thought of spending time on land brought on an overwhelming sense of…fear?

“Did I say something wrong?” he asked, leaning forward a bit. He winced as a shot of pain sliced through his leg and inwardly cursed his current situation.

He remained silent as she grabbed the blanket that she had used to cover herself with that morning and moved over to kneel beside him, her delicate hands easing it behind his back, and he realized that she was trying so very hard not to hurt him, and wanted to laugh.

He was a damned dragon leader, and this little set back was just a blip of nuisance in the grand scheme of things. He was getting stronger by the minute, and sure as hell didn’t need a nursemaid.

Yet, as much as it irked him to admit, it was kind of nice having her tend to him.

He also realized something unexpected as she busied herself trying to make him comfortable.

She smelled damned amazing!

Fresh and clean, like the sea-breeze rolling off the ocean she called home, it wafted through his senses and made him forget where he was for just a millisecond in time. He caught himself leaning over to get just a bit closer to her, and breathed her scent in greedily.

She turned her head at just that moment and their mouths were suddenly mere inches apart, and it took every ounce of willpower he possessed not to follow what every single instinct he had was screaming at him, and close that tiny gap between them and steal a kiss.

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