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I veered off onto the beach, the tires gripping the sand as I raced over towards him. I pulled to a stop and fixed my ball cap and glasses, wishing that I’d worn a wetsuit. A wet suit would show off my body perfectly….
He rapped his knuckles on the window. I rolled it down quickly. “Hi,” I rushed out, trying not to blush. “Are you the caller?”
“Yep,” he said, his voice gruff. “Listen, I’m going to cut to the chase. People know me as the Barista, I match humans and monsters. I’m on vacation, but this merman bastard demanded I bring him his mate. So there’s not a dolphin out there wrapped up in a net, but there is a merman who wants to mate you. So, do with that what you will. I’ll be down the beach getting a tan if you need anything.”
I gawked at him as he simply walked away.
What?
What the fuck?
I had hardly registered any of his words.
“Hey—wait!” I said, throwing open the door and stumbling after him. “Wait!”
He turned around, towering over me. My mouth fell open as I realized his hair was burning.
His beard was onfire.
“Um…”
He waved his hand like he was just annoyed. The flames went out, a few stray embers drifting away. “It’s normal. Don’t worry about it. What else do you need?”
“Maybe a hi, hello, how’s the weather?” I bit out. “What the fuck is going on? Am I going crazy? Are you going crazy?”
He raised a brow and then his arm, pointing towards the waves. I stared at him and then looked out, seeing a figure wrapped in netting on the beach.
A massive figure. Way bigger than a dolphin.
“This is your first date,” he said. “Normally, it would be at my cafe, but as you can see, he would have difficulty getting there. Instead, he interrupted my time off.”
“This is insane,” I whispered.
The Barista chuckled. “Perhaps. But you’ve seen a siren before, haven’t you Ofelia?”
I stared at him. “How... How do you know my name?”
“Well, first it’s on your badge.”
“Oh,” I said, looking down. Yep, that was my name.
“Second, the same way I know you’ve been in these waters before. Go on,” he said, his voice softening. “Go satisfy your curiosity. He won’t hurt you.”
I looked back at the figure. I caught the iridescent glint of blue and green through the netting, the end of a beautiful tail lifted ever so slightly.
My feet seemed to move all on their own. I walked to them slowly, and as I got closer, I sucked in a breath.
A man was wrapped in the netting. He turned his head, his bright eyes meeting mine.
A bolt of heat worked through me, one that caught me off guard.
He had the face and upper torso of a beautiful man, one with cut cheek bones, chiseled muscles, and long raven black hair. His lower half, however, was not human. Fins and scales gleamed, all leading down to the end of his tail.
“Help,” he said, lifting his tail.
I narrowed my eyes on him. “You’re kidding me, right?”
He smirked. “I am in need of assistance. You are a marine rescuer, are you not, Ofelia?”
