Page 46 of Watering Stone


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“Luna asked me to come out here, and this is Shiver’s final performance, so I thought it was proper that I come here to see them off. There is going to be a bit of a fuss over the announcement that they are sharing a mate. They each had very different preferences in females.”

She shrugged. “Yeah, I don’t get it either. Keahi is the only one who loves me, but Nalu feels a kind of giddy bubbling when he holds me. Mano is physically affectionate, so I think he actually likes me.”

“You are content with that?”

She laughed. “When your beast jumped Luna and dumped her, how much affection did you feel?”

He winced. “Right. So, you are willing to give them the benefit of the doubt?”

“There is no doubt. They each show affection in different ways.”

“You really write books?”

“Luna didn’t tell you?”

“No. What do you write?”

“Books. Romances where men and women get together against all odds, and the guys realize they did something stupid and careless that they need to work on before the woman will trust them again. I worked some shit out, and people paid me for it. Apparently, pain, stress, and heartache are tasty.”

He blinked. “Wow.”

She smiled. “So, Bertold is his name? Good. I owe him something. If Rickart hadn’t helped me, I would have burned out or lost the plot.”

“What do you owe Bertold?”

“A solid kick to the nuts.”

Jack chuckled. “Have someone record it. That is something I want to see.”

She smiled. “I didn’t know what or who, but I have been hanging onto the thought for a decade.”

“Keahi has done a one-eighty. He used to be so broody. He’s practically skipping, Nalu is grinning, and Mano is making direct eye contact. You have ruined my broody hunks.”

“I regret nothing.” She chuckled.

They stood next to each other and watched for them to wind down their performance. When they finished and took their bows, they thanked everyone for coming and donating their time to such a great cause, and then they took their instruments and headed backstage.

She gathered water bottles and handed them each one, and when they had hydrated, she was picked up and spun around.

Keahi pressed his lips to hers, and fire blazed through her system.

Jack filled in, “He’s trying to make you receptive with that, by the way. Just a head’s up.”

She gave him a thumbs-up. She knew what the guys were doing. When she was set back on her feet, she patted her chest. Mano circled around and got her into his arms. “Almost my day.”

Nalu laughed. “Still my day.”

She checked her watch. “The way you do it, we won’t be done by midnight.”

He grinned.

Jack looked at his watch. “It’s eleven fifteen.”

Nalu was smug. “The sea isn’t in a hurry.”

She smiled.

Mano chuckled. “Sharks can wait... but we are hungry.”

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