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By the time he wandered back out to the beach, his men were there waiting for him, acting like locals.
As soon as they sighted him, they both gave a shake of their heads.
Damn.
She had to have come this way, if they hadn’t found her, then she was here somewhere.
But if she wasn’t?
He ran a hand through his wet hair.
Back to the skies to retrace where they’d originally picked up her scent.
They were too close not to follow up. He had a job to do and he wasn’t going to let his king down.
They at least knew roughly where she’d come from.
Marli held her breath until her chest burned, threatening to suck sea water into her lungs.
Watching from the seabed, shielded by the sea shelf, the large shape drifted overhead, blocking out the sun.
Dear dragoness, he was huge.
How long had it been since she saw a male dragon? She’d forgotten how big they were.
Had she seen three of them pursuing her? There was only one here.
The other two must have gone around to flank her.
As soon as his large mass drifted far enough away, she kicked up to the surface, greedily sucking air into her lungs, watching him swim toward the beach, head turning, clearly looking for her.
She kept her distance in case he turned around. He didn’t. He was focused on the people ahead of them. She swam to the left, toward a group playing a game with a floating ball, intending to mix with them, trailing him, moving from group to group, blending. She watched the female humans approach him, inviting, disappointed.
His body was toned and attractive, water trailing down his body.
He was dangerous, not just to her, but to her queen and her heirs.
There were far more important things to focus on than lust.
She worked her way forward, careful not to draw too much attention as she plucked a bottle of lotion to rub onto her skin, then an abandoned drink, letting it splash on herself to mask her scent, stumbling in the sand from group to group moving closer until he disappeared into the building complex. She waited by the beach for him to either return or disappear completely.
Her patience paid off as he reappeared, walking toward her.
Her gaze slipped along the front of him. Nice.
She watched his face, still searching, then head toward two men.
Breath held, timing her movements so that she walked past them with a small group of women heading up to the resort.
“Nothing, she’s gone,” he said.
Where his features were sharp, the other two were blunt and bland.
“Maybe she’s heading back, and we can pick up her trail again.”
“I don’t think so, - it doesn’t matter. She was circling something—it has to be her tribe.”
“We’re close.”
