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“It’s against the law, unless you’re working with a human company.”
“Castor could come up with something.”
“He could.” I cast my eyes down.
Nico shakes his head. “But you would know, and you would worry that Alder and Muster would pay the price.”
“Yes.” It hits me like a ton of rocks. I’m losing a mate and a brother. But I have tonight. I glance up. “You told her?”
“No,” Nico says, like I’ve lost my fluke. “She loves you, Holter. This isn’t something she wants out of pity, or because you’re friends with me and Castor.”
I hold back my scoff. Castor isn’t my friend.
“Or that you’re the hero of Hestertåtten. This is because you’re you. Kind, caring, attentive, and the second-best-looking male in all of Glyden.”
“I don’t know about that. I think I’m better looking than Castor.”
Nico laughs and slaps my shoulder. “Brothers and pod mates.” He nods.
If even for a day. I suppose. “And if she doesn’t want to go?”
Nico turns, and the faint scar of the shark that took the chunk out of the shoulder is there.
“I suppose you’re right. She’ll go.” I nod. And I wonder if I would have been able to build her a lab, anyway. The sort of machines she was asking for aren’t sold at the market. Though I know I could find them if I had enough time.
“Ready?” Nico cocks his head and steps into the bathroom.
She bolts upright as we enter, and her pink lips tip in the most glorious smile. “Did he tell you?”
How can I be so overjoyed and upset at the same time?
“It’s tradition for you to ask.” Nico crawls over the mattress and nestles himself behind Belle.
“Oh right. That makes sense.” She wiggles from the middle of the bed and takes my hand, then drops to one knee.
Nico is off the bed like a black marlin, but I’m already pulling her up. “What are you doing?”
“Going down on one knee. To propose.”
Nico is behind her, but I’ve pulled her into my arms.
“Is that wrong?” She glances between the two of us.
“Yes,” Nico says while I say, “No.”
I lift her into my arms and carry her back to the middle of the bed. “No. It’s not wrong. It’s just, well, taboo. Mermaids don’t kneel in front of a merman to pledge to them. You’re the center of the pod. We pledge to you.”
“So no kneeling.” She wiggles her eyebrows at me.
“That’s not what he means.” Nico’s behind her on the bed again.
“Okay, I get it. So will you? Will you join our pod?”
“I would love nothing more than to be your pod mate.”
Her lips taste of apples. Each movement is one that I let sink into my consciousness. This could be the last day I touch her. I’m not going to let one second of it go to waste. I let go of her lips and kiss down her neck, stopping to suck one of her delectable nipples into my mouth. Skirting down to her core, I lick along her clit. Nico’s hand and mouth are at her nipples. She places her hand on the back of my head and grinds up on my face.
I slide my hands under her ass and pry her apart. My tongue licks along her dark pink flesh and then down to her center. I shake my head back and forth, sending her bucking and moaning.
