Temal walked down into the ship.
She looked at Yeskin.“Just be lucky I didn’t call it a water house.”
Temal snorted.
Yeskin chortled.“It’s very good that you didn’t.”
She tried to memorize the halls, but that wasn’t her strong suit.
Piper was carefully eased into a room with grey, black, and silver décor.“Okay, whose place is this?”
Temal smiled.“Mine.Yeskin is next door, but I carried you, so I got to pick.”
Yeskin muttered, “If we are just making these rules up, I will have to make notes.”
Temal set Piper on the bed and tilted his head.“Will you dance for us?”
“Play some music, and I will do what I can.”She stood up and bounced on the balls of her feet.“By the way, the rules still apply.I need to be fast on my feet tomorrow.”
Yeskin nodded and pulled his phone out.“Agreed.”
Temal nodded.“Agreed.”
The music started.It was pop with male vocals singing in a combination of languages.
She listened and then said, “Restart it.”
Yeskin nodded, and the music restarted.Piper looked at them and started to move.
Their gazes warmed her skin, and she let the beat and the notes determine her movements.The song was bright and not sensuous, so there was a lot of hopping.That got their attention, and Yeskin looked rueful.When the song finished, her skin was sweaty, but they were laughing at something.
“Perhaps a ballad?You get one more tonight, and then we either start snuggling, or I get off the water house.”
Temal snorted and then played a soft ballad with a light drum track, and Piper listened and then said, “Start it again.”
He did, and she moved along with the music and felt like a piece of seaweed in a current, waving and swirling along with the notes.When the music was over, she stood and said, “That’s all until you put another quarter in the machine.”
Her skirt was sticking to her legs, and the water dragons were both staring at her.They were fixed, and their eyes were doing something weird.They were flickering through a different colour palette that she had seen before.
“Uh, should I go take a shower?”
Yeskin walked up to her, and scales moved over his body in a wave.“We will take care of it.”
“It?”
“Any additional moisture on your person.Now, if you want to keep the clothing intact, remove it, please.”
She blinked and unhooked the chain that held her top up.The sweat kept the fabric stuck to her, and it didn’t fall.She unclipped the chain at her waist and peeled the silk from her.The skirt hit the floor, and she removed the matching panties.She hated flashing those who weren’t expecting it.
Just in case, she removed the clip that held a foot of her hair off her back and let it fall.
She stood there with Yeskin looking at her up close, his chest moving rapidly.
She cocked her head, leaned forward, and said, “Boo!”
He blinked and grinned.“Not afraid?”
“No.You?”
