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The dragon slowly rolled onto his stomach and peered down at her, blinking large, exotically shaped diamond eyes.
Hello, Brigid, he greeted in his rich, smoky voice. A sound that thrummed from deep within his chest.
Hello, Sai,she returned.
She didn’t wonder why he didn’t call her Titania as she’d always been in her dreams. She didn’t question how he was able to interact with her when he hadn’t before.
Previously, they’d been like ships passing in the night. They’d seen each other, knew of each other’s presence, but never spoke and never touched. At best, she could sit or stand next to him as they both observed the world around them. The last dream she had, when she’d seen him as a dragon for the first time, was the only time he seemed aware of her.
But Brigid had always,always, been deeply aware ofhim.
It seemed all too natural that they could finally converse…and better yet, touch.
She caught the edge of his tail fin as it swung back in her direction and held it for a moment before he playfully whipped it out of her hand again.
She smiled.
Full of joy that bubbled within her like the sweetest champagne. Loving that he teased her.
His serpent maw curled in a small smile of his own, those arresting diamond eyes narrowing lazily in pleasure.
What would you like to do tonight, fair maiden?he asked.
The water is warm and clear. Can you hear it beckoning us? I long to dive beneath the waves. This balmy sun has parched my scales.
It did feel rather tropical to Brigid as well. Even in her thin, almost transparent gossamer gown, arms and legs mostly bare, she felt somewhat stifled by the heat, now that Sai mentioned it.
But how can I keep up with a dragon?she wondered out loud.You must be ten times my size. With fins, and those great big sails attached to your body besides.
She looked pointedly at his sail-like wings.
The sun chose that moment to flare extra bright, blinding her momentarily with its glare. When she opened her eyes again, the dragon was gone.
In his place sat a beautiful merman who had Sai’s upper body, but from the hips down, the other half of him was all fish. With delicate white-gold scales like the kind that had covered the dragon’s belly. Ending in an elegant tail that also looked like a miniature replica of the dragon’s.
Will this do?the merman version of Sai asked.
Brigid licked suddenly dry lips as she stared at his pale, broad, muscular chest.
She’d never seen him with such clarity before. Her new-found attention to detail must have been inspired by her view of the real Sai earlier that night, as he reclined on his bed.
The image of that soft, royal blue robe parted over his impeccable pectorals and carved abdominals was forever engraved in Brigid’s consciousness.
She glanced somewhat mournfully at his fishtail.
Somewhere in the back of her mind, she deduced that he couldn’t simply dive into the water fully nude, because she hadn’t yet seen all of him. Her imagination couldn’t fill in the blanks. But she had no problem seeing him as a merman.
Goodness! she fought the need to fan herself.
The heat was becoming nigh unbearable. Whereas, her fantasies before had always been coolly pleasant. Never uncomfortable.
And yet, staring at Sai’s beaded male nipples, pale, gleaming, marble-like torso, and the somewhat blurry indication of cut hipbones that led to his lower half, Brigid was feeling decidedly…
Well, not exactly uncomfortable. Just extraordinarilyhot.
And wet.
Very, very wet.
