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“You don’t think she planned that wire snapping, do you?”
“What? No. Of course not.” He faltered. It was quite odd that Portia would send him just where Kaia happened to have an accident. “We need to tell someone that happened, though.”
“The imp working the lines up there must have noticed that I fell.”
“Imps are strange creatures. Not sure I would trust them with this kind of task. You’re okay, and that’s what matters. We need to tell Portia about this. That kind of accident is a huge liability.”
“There’s the business brain,” she teased with a shaky voice.
“If you’re trying to make me feel better, it won’t work. I’m so angry. You could’ve died.”
“I’m choosing to pretend that didn’t happen. I’ll process it later with a pint of ice cream.”
His face fell. “Oh, Kaia. That must’ve been terrible.”
She lifted herself to the tips of her toes and kissed him. “I didn’t die. Iampleased that you care that much about my well-being.”
“Of course, I care about your well-being.” He cupped her face in his hands. “I don’t know what I would’ve done if something had happened to you. I only just met you.” He chuckled. “Sorry. I’m a dragon.”
“I know. I expect you to come in a little hot.”
He pulled away to look into her eyes. “Are you actuallyteasingme right now?”
“I am, yeah.”
“Aren’t you scared of your near-death experience?”
“Of course, but I’m also pleased with how I dealt with it. I was readying myself for the fall, bracing for impact. For all I know, I could’ve been fine.”
“Wow. Bracing? That’s some good and fast thinking.” He had to believe that she would’ve been fine had he not been there to catch her.
Kaia grinned and tapped her temple. “I have to be fast. I’m a guidance counselor. A teen in crisiswillkeep you on your toes.”
“I believe that. You’re very strong, Kaia Coll. I admire that in you.”
“You’re just as strong,” she pointed out. “You’re trying to lead your father’s company from the backseat. That takes guts.”
He chuckled. “Is that what I’m doing?”
“Well, it is from where I’m standing. Don’t you th ...“ she was interrupted by the sound of an oncoming watercraft. Grey stepped behind one of the shrubs, shielding his nudity from whoever was beelining for them. He wasn’t shy about his body, but now he wanted to make it clear only one person got to see his dick, ... and that was Kaia.
“Oh, my goodness! Are you all right?” Nette, the witch who ran the zip line desk, shouted as she killed off the jet ski’s engine. She left it to idle in the shallow water. “That wasn’t supposed to happen! Are you okay?” She was on the verge of hyperventilating.
Grey was scared she would fall right off her jet ski if she didn’t stop shaking. That didn’t do anything to stop the flow of his anger. She was responsible for the lines. “I’ll say,” Grey snapped. “She could have been killed.”
“The imp who set the line meant it to snap for someone else,” Nette explained. “It’s no excuse, I know, but ...“
“No excuse?” Grey roared. “What is the imp’s name?”
“Please, sir, Trei didn’t mean to hurt her. It was the opposite.”
“This is what Una meant when she said the demon was going to have a bad day, isn’t it?” Kaia asked, much to his confusion.
“What are you talking about?” he pressed. “Aren’t you upset?”
“Not if this was an accident,” she replied.
“Trei wanted to get the demon,” Kaia explained. “Una told me that the demon would have a weird week here because of the imps. I was only on the zip line course at this time because there was a cancellation.”
