She walked back to the meat, shifted to have scales on her legs, and started eating.
Syaln looked at her.“How did you meet Akervel?”
“I was hungry and underwater.I tried to eat him, and he took off.”She grinned and finished her portion of the tuna.“Tale as old as time.”
He snorted, and they finished the pile of meat.He got a bucket and offered it to her so she could wash the blood off.He washed next, dumped the blood off the back, and grinned.“He is a big fucker, isn’t he?”
Meeda looked at the tail thrashing a few hundred feet away.“Yes, he is.”
She headed forward and watched the broad head as they were hauled fast enough to create a foaming wake.
Syaln walked toward her and said, “You want to swim with him, don’t you?”
“Yup, but I have to save my energy.”
“Why?”
“Because I am going to chase him back to Wonder.”Meeda grinned.
Chapter Four
An hour later, Meedaand Syaln had agreed he needed to talk to Xida while she was in town.He would get his ass to Wonder in the morning and figure things out from there.
She said, “When we get to the dock, I am going to jump into the water.”
“Okay.I am getting ready to jump to the dock as he lets go.”
She had her equipment around her hips and nodded.“I will grab the rope and pull you in if you want.”
He chuckled.“I can swim it home from here.It was just quite the distance.”
She nodded, and as Akervel let the rope go, Syaln leaped through the air, diving and shifting at the same time.She cleared the surface and looked at Akervel.She bowed and indicated for him to proceed, and he paused then began to swim away at speed.The race was on.
She flicked her tail and focused on him, pushing herself faster than she had ever bothered going before.Water rushed through her gills, and her hair streamed back from her forehead as she pursued him.He was fucking fast.
She was nearly able to reach out and grab his tail when she was struck from the side with a sharp nose.The shark pushed her to the side, and she thrashed in its grip.She put her hands on the nose and sent a stunning pulse through the brain, not enough to kill, but the beast let her go.She fucking wanted to cry.
