Page 13 of Kept By the Kraken


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There’s a sick feelingin my stomach when I enter the gazebo and find no trace of Shelly. I’m too late. I already fucked it up and she’s gone. God, I’m an idiot. It doesn’t matter if life gets a little messy. What matters is keeping the people you care for close.

A little hand tugs on my sleeve and I look down to see my youngest niece trying to get my attention. Silently, she points out at the beach.

“She went that way?”

Kossa nods.

“Thank you!” Bending swiftly, I press a kiss to the top of her head and rush out onto the beach. The tide is high and the beach is a dark, narrow strip of land. The moon is high and full. It’s a beautiful night, but I’m not interested in that. I need my mate. Impatiently, I strip off my clothing and step into the water, instantly transforming. I let out a long groan as the salt water seeps into my skin and my tentacles unfold. Then another, longer groan comes as the taste of pure heaven filters through to me above the grit of sand and the rich, homely flavor of my family. It’s her. The rightness of it fills every pore, speeds my movements, has my blood rushing through my veins.

I move faster on eight limbs, crawling across the sand toward a tiny patch of seagrass where a dark figure huddles behind a dune, hidden from the gazebo.

“Shelly!”

She lifts her head and gasps when she catches sight of me. I hope I haven’t made a mistake. I tasted no fear on her at the sight of my true form when I transformed earlier, but perhaps in the dark...

“Rosh!” Shelly jumps up. Taking a step toward me, she stumbles in the receding wave. I don’t even have to think. I hurry forward and catch her in my arms, holding her against my chest and taking a long, deep taste.

Moon goddess, I could almost be content with this forever. Could drown in her sunshine and crisp apple flavor.

My tentacles and my cock say otherwise. Four support my weight, while four limbs snake around Shelly and hold her against me as my dick swells and hardens, pressed against her belly. Pleasure spears me and I shudder. I may have misjudged how long I’ll be able to control myself like this.

“Rosh, I thought you were angry with me—”

“Shhh.” I place a finger over her lips and suck in a breath at the feel of her mouth against my flesh. “I’m not angry. I’m sorry you thought I was. I shouldn’t have been avoiding you.”

“But I told your sister! She found out I’m only your fake girlfriend.”

“That doesn’t matter. It’s not fake anymore. At least not for me.”

Shelly shakes her head. Have I made a mistake?

“What do you mean?”

I wrap a tentacle further around her until the tip comes into view. It’s glowing silver-white like the moon in the night sky. “The glow.” She looks at me blankly.

“Kraken glow when they’ve found their true mate.”

Her eyes widen and she looks up at my face. “You mean I’m...?”

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