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Instead of walking back the way we came, we agree that it would be nice to walk along the beach, right down by the water’s edge. I take off my boots and roll my leggings up to my knees, so I can feel the sand beneath my feet and let the last little reach of the ocean’s waves wrap around my ankles.
Caelan kicks off his boots as well. Elias doesn’t take off his shoes, but he removes his jacket and rolls up his shirt sleeves, and my stomach twists into a knot again for a moment. He’s gorgeous. Those forearms, his strong hands,fuck.It’s embarrassing as hell, but damn, they make me desperate to be pinned down by him whenever I see them.
Well, that’s something for this evening, perhaps.
Caelan shoves his boots at Elias for him to hold, then joins me in the surf. Elias merely rolls his eyes. Then Caelan’s boots, my boots, and Elias’ jacket are gone. Casually placed aside into the abyss or some semi-alternative dimension Elias can still access.
It’s a small gesture, but it makes my heart sing that Elias is getting comfortable with casual, thoughtless demonstrations of his capabilities after the argument about it earlier.
Caelan doesn’t seem to care in the slightest about getting his jeans wet. He walks beside me, unflinching when the waves splash up his calves. He’s more interested in teasingly kicking the water up to make me laugh and yell. Caelan picks me up and spins me around, threatening to toss me in, then cackles when I cling to him.
“Caelan!” I half-heartedly complain. I’m smiling too much for the protest to have any weight behind it whatsoever.
Caelan grins, eyes alight with mischief. “Wanna see something super fucking cool?”
“I amhighlysuspicious, but all right. Just don’t dunk me in the ocean.”
His gaze darts back up the beach, checking for other people. The tide is low, and a huge sandbank cuts off the main beach from the ocean’s edge almost the entire way along, leaving us hidden from sight down here. Caelan catches Elias’ eyes and simply smirks. He’s not asking for permission for whatever he’s about to do because he’s going to do it regardless, but Elias resignedly waves his hand in a gesture for Caelan to go ahead anyway.
I don’t have time to worry about what on earth he has planned. Caelan lifts me again and throws me, much the same way as when we were play-fighting last night, directly out above the water.
For one heart-stopping moment, fear flashes through me. And irritation.I explicitly said I didn’t want to end up in the ocean, dammit.Caelan vanishes with a crackle like lightning and reappears in front of me, catching me in his arms.
Abovethe water.
The momentum pushes us back, but he has me safely in his lap. My eyes widen in shock. There’s a moment where I forget to breathe becausewhat the fuck.
He’s—
Caelan is sitting cross-legged, holding me across his lap on top of the water. No, not quite on top. He’sfloatinga few inches above the water, far enough beyond the waves that the surface is almost entirely still. Every hair on my body stands on end, my skin prickling and electrified by the sheer amount of static energy Caelan generates. His demonic form is almost vibrating with the way he’s thrumming with electricity. His eyes, normally almost luminescent at the best of times, are glowing outright and narrowed in concentration.
“Holy shit.” I breathe in absolute awe. My knees were pulled up to my chest, easier to let him hold me fully, but now I uncurl one leg away and dip my toe down into the water as if testing if he’s for real.
He’s literally just holding me over the ocean.
Caelan smiles, baring his teeth with the effort. He leans in and briefly kisses me, but makes up for that with how heated and immediately rough it is. Enough to make my head spin and an abrupt shock of lust curl through my gut. And there is a literal shock—the static bites sharply between us, and I gasp against his lips.
I don’t have the time to reorient myself before I’m in the air again. Caelan repeats the process in reverse, tossing me, then darting ahead to catch me on the shore. He wobbles, drained from the exertion, and we end up tumbling into the sand and rolling together until I find myself sprawled on the beach with Caelan on top of me.
“What thehellwas that?” I ask, breathless.
Caelan is panting heavily. This is the first time I’ve ever seen him strain to do anything, but he’s also incredibly damn smug and pleased with himself. “Negative ionic charge,” he says between deep breaths. “Generated enough to repel against the ocean.”
“That’s… holy shit,” I murmur again. Of course, I knew they were capable of some amazing feats, being demons and all, but that wasnotone I was expecting. He’s absolutely taken my breath away.
Caelan leans down and kisses me. Not quite as intense as when we were out on the water, but it lasts a lot longer this time. Reaching up, I tangle my hands into his hair, moaning softly.
“Are you done?” Elias asks, interrupting us. He doesn’t sound impatient or annoyed, though. Despite himself and how thoroughly unnecessary the spectacle was, I can tell he’s impressed with Caelan as well.
Caelan rolls off me and flops down into the sand at my side instead, and Elias sits at my other side with significantly more grace.
“That was incredible,” I inform Caelan. “I had no idea you could do anything like that.”
“Neither did I until I tried it just now,” he replies with an utterly shit-eating grin.
“You… Caelan! What if it hadn’t worked?”
He laughs. “Have some faith in me, doll.”
