pdf - Deeper Than the Ocean.PDF by Linda Eberharter

Author:Linda Eberharter [Eberharter, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

They stood hand in hand and let the soft, foamy waves tickle their ankles. She'd donned the silver skin again because her previous assessment had been premature and the weather too cold for less. Besides, she had about half a mile's trek in front of her and no one had to tell her that she'd invite strange looks if she emerged in the skimpy bikini.

"I don't want to go," Danyl said, "believe me, I don't, but I have a task that I have to complete. In fact, I'll be near your boat again. Is there anything on it that I can retrieve for you?"

She turned over a broken shell with her toe. A wave carried it into the sea a minute later. "No, I have everything from it that I need."

Palming the coin when she'd first undressed and then redressed hadn't taken much effort or skill. It was the only thing from the Sea Anemone, beside the boat itself, that she needed.

Why then did she carry this ache in her chest? She should be exuberant that her life's work, her dreams, were about to be realized. The victory felt hollow, though.

The orange sun began its ascent into the sky, lighting a path across the ocean horizon. Clouds in the distance reflected purples and reds, an arrangement of color that invited her gaze back to what had always been her first love.

"Will I ever see you again?" she asked shyly.

Danyl's grip tightened before he released her. Turning, he stepped into her space and cupped her face. She stared into his eyes and for the hundredth time decided she could easily live an eternity in them. "If ever you need me, ever, for anything, stand at the ocean's edge and call my name. I'll come back to you."

That knowledge should have made her overjoyed, but it simply wasn't enough. She didn't want to release him back to the sea, probably never to see him again. Besides the millions of questions she wanted to ask about mermen and mermaids, the fact of the matter was, she didn't want to lose him.

"Anywhere?" she asked, pulling her chin from his grip. Her gaze dropped because she didn't want him to see the stupid tears she held back.

Tears? Had he even earned them?

She held back a sigh too. Since the effort to keep the moisture from spilling down her cheeks burned her eyes now, he must have.

His thumb caressed her cheek and then caught a drop of moisture that managed to escape from the corner of her eye. His touch was gentle when he lifted her chin again.

The kiss he pressed to her lips was as soft as a cloud. "Anywhere."

He walked deeper into the water, but her feet remained rooted to the sand. She sucked in her bottom lip, worrying her teeth along it. There had to be some reason for him to stay a little bit longer, right? By now, her boat was a total loss. She really had no reason to scamper away herself.

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