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moaned. “This is fabulous.” Grabbing one of
the water bottles, she took a big gulp.
    Together, they polished off the
sandwiches in no time. When they were done, he shook out the blanket and
invited her to lie back down on his clothes. She did and he lay next to her. He
only wore his undershorts and she was only partially dressed. He covered them
both with the blanket.
    She lay facing him, and could
actually feel the electricity arching between them. Did she want to get to know
this man more? He held secrets. “Who are you, Xavior?” she asked, combing his
hair back away from his handsome face. “Who are you really?”
    “I’m the man that’s going to
kiss you, again.”
    She smiled. “Only, if I let
you.”
     
    Chapter
Four
     
    Those toasted brown eyes
sparkling at him held him mesmerized, drawing him to her, not that he didn’t
want to get closer, but she tugged at his soul. How he managed to pull away
from her before, without making love to her again, could only be explained as a
miracle. His body must have been created to respond to her, especially after
having experienced an orgasm for the first time ever in his existence.
    Xavior wanted, no— he needed more. So far, the sea witch was
right: Cori was his bride. His body understood what his brain still marveled
at. He shifted closer to her, and she moved to meet him. When their lips
touched, his eyes drifted shut and his life flashed before him in brilliant,
vivid color. The tales got it wrong. You didn’t see your life flash before you
when you’re about to die. You see your future spread out before you when for
the first time, you felt truly alive and joined to another person.
    A world of endless
possibilities opened up, all centering on the woman wrapped in his arms. A
woman he would never let go. First, he needed to be honest with her, to tell
her the truth. He would even pray to his first father, Poseidon, if he thought
it might help. However, he hadn’t answered a prayer in centuries, certainly not
for any of his sons or daughters.
    She pulled away from him.
“What’s really going on Xavior?”
    He twirled a strand of her hair
around his finger. Soft, like the rest of the woman beside him. “What if I told
you there’s another world that lives alongside the one you know? What if I told
you, I’m part of that other world?”
    She shook her head. “What
world? What are you talking about?”
    “Cori, my
people—I—we come from a world that exists below the waves, as you
come from the world that exists above it.”
    “What?” She tried to pull away
from him.
    He held her around the waist to
keep her near him. “I’m of the sea.”
    She stilled and frowned.
    He could feel her heart rate
increasing, and not from pleasure.
    “Like a mermaid, or,
er—merman?” she asked hesitantly.
    He grinned. “Something like
that.”
    “I see.”
    Xavior knew she didn’t. He
would have to show her. She tried wiggling out of his embrace again, but he
held her fast. He read the doubt and fear flashing in her eyes, clouding her
mind. He needed to make her believe. “I can prove it to you.”
    “Ah—right. Sure. So, you’re
gonna grow fins? Well, let me get out of your way.” This time she pushed
against his chest.
    He laughed and caught her
hands, holding them together. “Please. Don’t be afraid of me. And sorry, no
fins. That’s a human invention. We can simply exist under the water. Our lungs
and a few other organs are designed differently, allowing us to dwell at great
depths.”
    She nodded. “Whatever you say.
But—you were also on the boat. Aren’t you supposed to stay in the water?”
She turned her head to glance at the sea “Don’t let me stop you from diving
back in.”
    He smiled at her. “Actually, we
can survive on land and in the sea, but we must remain near large bodies of
water. We have to spend some time in the life-giving waters or we lose our
ability to forever enter the depths.”
    “Sure, sure.” She nodded but
not