The Pirate of Fathoms Deep by Megan Derr

Author:Megan Derr [Derr, Megan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Bisexual, Gay, Fantasy, Romance
Publisher: Less Than Three Press, LLC
Published: 2016-07-13T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Lesto didn't bother to look up when somebody knocked on his door. "I'm pretty damned certain I said I wasn't to be disturbed by anyone, up to and including Sarrica."

"Well, too damned bad," Sarrica drawled. "I'm High King, my orders overrule yours."

Lesto groaned. "Get the fuck out of my office. I'm trying to get work done. My estates do actually need me to pay attention to them upon occasion."

Sarrica snorted. "No, they're much happier when they don't have your over-controlling tendencies leaning over their shoulder snarling at them."

Lesto threw down the papers he'd been holding. "What do you want?"

Stepping into the office, Sarrica closed the door, then leaned against it. "When are you actually going to tell me what I've been hearing for the past four days?"

"You're bothering me while I'm trying to get work done because you're sulking I haven't explicitly said I'm retiring? It's not like I needed to tell you." Nobody knew Lesto better than Sarrica, which meant he'd probably known Lesto was ready to quit long before Lesto.

Sarrica sighed. "The courtesy would have been nice."

"Ha," Lesto retorted. "This from the man who did nothing but whine about how handsome I looked when I got my eye stabbed out of my face."

"Stop exaggerating. It was a slice, not a stab." Sarrica pushed away from the door and dropped into the chair next to it. "So are you going to return to Fathoms Deep?"

Lesto leaned back in his own chair. "For a little while, so Jader can take over without everyone trying to run to me every time he does something a little different. But never fear, for all I want to spend time at Fathoms Deep, I wouldn't know what to do with myself without the barely contained chaos of this place. And Allen would kill me if I wasn't around to occasionally distract you so he can work."

Sarrica gestured crudely. He stretched out his legs and draped his arms over the rests. "Should I be figuring out a suitable wedding gift?"

"We've only been lovers a matter of weeks, and Shemal is still acclimating to life here, so would people stop trying to rush us into vows?" Lesto rubbed at his temples. "On second thought, I think I will remove permanently to Fathoms Deep, and you can all go jump in the ocean for all I care."

"I know you think I'm stupid," Sarrica said idly, "but I know the look of an Arseni when their mind is made up. Give me some credit, Lesto."

Lesto wanted to throw something at him. "The point remains that barely any time has passed. A mind made up doesn't mean action should be taken. If you or anyone else even thinks about harassing Shemal, I will drag you—"

"I'm not going to do anything to your precious pirate," Sarrica cut in, lifting his hands and rolling his eyes. "I will do my level best to piss you off, but when don't I do that?" He smiled.

Lesto smiled briefly back. "I still don't see why you're bothering me about this now.

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