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“What about my brothers?” She lowered her own voice, infusing as much sultriness as possible into it. Which was probably completely wasted on an incubus, but it was far too late for that.
“Oh, yes, brothers.” He was visibly frazzled, and satisfaction purred in Macey’s chest.
He was putty in her hands, and considering his status when it came to sex, that was kind of impressive. “They’re safe.”
“Safe?” she demanded. “All you’re going to give me is safe?” Anger rose in her, along with the faint surge of water magic as it began to rise along with it. Good, shifting had done something towards unlocking her powers. Ignoring it for the moment, she looked into Jared’s eyes, then frowned. His expression was uneasy to say the least.
“You do not want to see an angry kelpie,” she warned him, knowing that her hair had changed colour again. This should have been an obvious warning, but Jared seemed to be transfixed by her nakedness. She should probably have been flattered - and maybe she was, a tiny bit - but right now, she wanted to know about her brothers. “Tell me or suffer the consequences.”
“Dramatic much?” he teased, but he still had a slightly uncomfortable look to him. He sighed. “Flint left to do some inquiries. Then he contacted Cam, who told me. Not much more to it.”
She frowned. “How did he find out so soon? He can’t have been gone longer than an hour?”
Jared shrugged. “Three hours, actually, You were swimming for a long time. But also, time passes differently here. If he’s on Earth, he might have been there for a day already. Enough time to find out about your brothers, apparently.”
“Wait...” She did a quick calculation in her head. “If three hours are a day... And I’ve been here for at least twenty-four hours... That means over a week has passed since Cam kidnapped me!”
“Macey, your eyes are glowing,” he warned, taking a step back.
She roared in frustration and, using her kelpie strength, threw him into the pool. He landed with a splash and went under. She grinned as he came back up, spluttering and thrashing in the water. Schadenfreude was such an ugly word.
“I... can’t... swim...” he gasped in between gulps of air and her gloating smile disappeared. Seriously? Were there people who couldn’t swim? Guess she had just met one.
With a sigh, she dived into the water; luckily she wasn’t wearing any clothes that could get wet. With two strokes, she was by his side, grabbing him under his arms to hold him up. She partly shifted her legs, making it easier to keep them both afloat.
“Why the fuck can’t you swim?” she asked while treading water. He spat out a mouthful of water, narrowly avoiding her. Then he began to laugh.
“Of course I can swim. But would I have got you into the pool with me if I hadn’t pretended not to?”
He stopped his fake struggle and she released her grip on him, annoyance taking over. He had played her. That bastard was going to pay. She dived and grabbed his legs, pulling him below the surface. It was kind of ironic that she was doing what kelpies were known for - even though that was just an evil rumour the selkies had invented. Kelpies didn’t kill humans, why would they? Most of the water dwellers were vegetarians; human flesh didn’t appeal to them. But right now, Macey had an appetite for incubus flesh. Maybe not in that way, though...
Jared’s clothes were hugging his body tightly, revealing his muscles and his... manly parts. She stopped pulling him through the water to take a closer look. Who could blame a girl for wanting to learn more about another species...
That’s when he began to struggle and she noticed that he may not be able to hold his breath as long as she could. Oh well. She released him and he swam back up to the surface. This time, his gulps for breath were real, not fake like earlier. Served him right, deceiving her like that.
When she resurfaced next to him, he grinned at her despite his breathlessness. “Like what you saw down there?”
She blushed and hoped that the water would hide her embarrassment. How did he notice her checking him out?
“You were going to tell me about my brothers,” she quickly changed the topic. His grin disappeared.
“Let’s get dry and go back to Cam. He’ll be able to tell you more.” He huffed. “I was just the messenger. Why do people always attack the messenger?”
6
She tied her hair back in a messy bun as she walked back into the living room they’d been in earlier. It was still soaked through from her time in the pool, and the resulting shower she’d had to rid herself of the awful chemical stench.
Jared reclined on the sofa, looking comfortable despite his equally damp hair, and his white t-shirt sticking to him where he hadn’t dried himself properly. Macey licked her lips, her mind already back on how close she’d been to him in the swimming pool.
“Oh good, you’re here,” Cam said, pulling her attention and thoughts away from Jared and to where the other man was pacing frantically. She squashed the urge to run over to him and rest a comforting hand on his arm. Doing that would probably lead to her becoming even more distracted.
“Yes, Jared said you had news of my brothers.” Maybe she should have started with something a little...softer, but she was desperate for news.
“Yes.” He shared an uneasy look with the other man and Macey’s heart sank.
“You told me they were safe?!” She meant to shout, instead, it came out more like she was a strangled cat struggling to keep a hold of her emotions.
“They are,” Jared said and she glanced his way. The expression on his face did nothing to allay the dread that’d settled in the pit of her stomach.
