Olympic Cove 2-Breaker Zone by Nicola Cameron

Author:Nicola Cameron [Cameron, Nicola]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Nicola Cameron
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Nick managed to snag the propeller he’d left in the anteroom before Aidan pulled him outside. “Is Liam going to be all right?” he said, taking the handholds and turning it on at low speed.

“He’ll be fine,” Aidan bit out, letting him go. “He’s grown a backbone despite Eine’s best efforts.”

Nick bumped up the propeller speed a notch to keep up with Aidan’s angry kicks. “Has she always been like that?”

“Towards me and my family, yes,” Aidan said bitterly. “She’s been trying to push Li and Col together since they were fry. My family aren’t nearly good enough for her, despite the fact that my da was in charge of the grotto’s hydrogen plant for years.” He grimaced, fists clenching at his sides. “They finally moved to Swift Water just to get away from her nasty little tricks. Gods, I loathe that stuck-up bitch.”

He turned abruptly down a narrow road, flicking his tail and cutting his speed at the end. Nick had to fumble with the propeller to do the same, legs swinging out in front as the little machine pushed him backwards. They wound up in front of a building that looked like the mer equivalent of a duplex, with wide round windows and doors covered with latticework screens. Aidan glided to the upper level’s door, pressing his palm against a round white panel set to the side. The door swung open silently.

“Palm locks,” Nick said faintly, following the mer inside. “Nice.”

The interior was your typical bachelor pad, Nick guessed, judging by the prosaic decorations and random things scattered here and there. It certainly didn’t look anything like Eine’s lavish home. A semi-circular great room with creamy walls and soft moss on both the ceiling and floor had been furnished with velvety net hammocks and other pieces of furniture Nick didn’t recognize. Doors led off to a bedroom, a food prep area, and what he quickly learned was a mer bathroom.

Aidan showed him how to use the negative pressure toilet, a shaped oval projection that looked like a weird urinal. Yanking down his swim briefs, Nick sighed in relief as his bladder, which had been nagging him for the last hour, emptied. “How do you handle solid waste?” he called over his shoulder.

“Turn around and sit on it.”

“What about wiping?”

Aidan stuck his head in the small room. “Oh. Most mer solid waste isn’t all that solid. We usually just squirt it out and let the water wash anything else away. Do you, uh—"

“I’m good for now,” Nick assured him, pulling up his briefs. “But we’re going to have to come up with the marine equivalent of toilet paper if I’m going to be a regular here. Plus food that I can eat without having to look it in the eye.”

“We can get all that set up for you. Are you thirsty at all?”

Nick considered. The fact that he was breathing water kept his throat moist, but it was still salt water. Swallowing it would eventually throw him into sodium overload and shut down his kidneys.

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