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began to
tread water as she continued to envelop his cock inside her warm, fully human
body. He watched her face in the daylight. Tears streamed down them. Her fears
were keeping her from reaching her final release.
      “Don’t cry. Just keep your
eyes closed. I’ll stay with you. I’ll be with you forever.” He whispered to her,
and his words seemed to relax her just a notch. Enough for her to give in to
her building climax and scream with pleasure.
    He studied Nadia’s face. He memorized every inch of it. The
perfectly sculpted cheekbones, the thick, dark lashes, the full red lips
currently formed into the perfect o-shape as she enjoyed an earth-shattering
orgasm.
    Nadia meant it. He knew she’d give up everything for a life with
him.
    “I love you more than anything,” Byron whispered.
    Nadia’s tears became only droplets in the vast ocean water below.
    “I love you, too. How do I do it? How do I go with you?”
    “Just keep your eyes closed. Just breathe.”
    ****
    Byron swam away into the night water, his heart breaking with every
stroke. His transformation was complete moments after releasing his hold on
Nadia and leaving the warmth from inside her.
    He dove deeper into the surf and away from the only happiness he’d
ever known.
    He’d left her there. Alone. Eyes closed and waiting.
    But there had simply been no other way. He could never take her away
from her land life. She simply loved real life too much. He had to give her a
chance to have a normal one.
    The pain clawed at his chest as he reached the mirrored passageway
to the kingdom below. He paused at the gate and looked down at his shiny fins. This
would be his form forevermore. He’d never walk on land again, but his time with
Nadia had been worth it. The memory of her would remain in his heart for all
eternity.
    As he pushed through the gate, he was greeted by Tephis, his
mother’s favorite guard.
    “Ah, yes, your Majesty. Your mother awaits.”
    Byron nodded and followed the guard through the murky water and into
his mother’s chambers. Two Peridito sculptures lined the doorway, and a golden
arch rose between them.
      As he entered the gold-hewn
room, he noticed his mother’s bare back turned toward him. Long, wavy blue hair
and the sheer beauty of her pearlescent skin never failed to impress him.
    “That will be all, Tephis.”
    Vellamo’s voice made his stomach roll. He hadn’t seen or spoken to
his mother in nearly three years, not since his father’s funeral. Since he’d
found out he would be next in line for the throne. Since he’d taken off and
spent almost three years on land and trying not to think about an eternity at
sea. An eternity at battle.
    He knew his mother would have had someone watching him above the sea
and feared her assessment of Byron’s time spent on land would be far less than
praise-filled.
    “You’ve come home.”
    “Yes, mother.” His voice felt smaller and weaker than he remembered
it on land. Perhaps his voice was just as broken as his heart.
    “I feared you might sacrifice yourself for her.”
    Byron’s eyes flew up to his mother’s face as she looked at his
reflection in the mirror. The question startled him.
    “I thought about it.”
    She stood and walked toward him. Touching his shoulder with her tiny
hand, she said, “You loved the girl more than your own kingdom? Your own
destiny. Your own family.”
    Byron had never considered it in those terms exactly, but he knew
without a doubt he’d do anything to get back to Nadia.
    “Anything?”
    Of course his mother’s powers were far greater than his, and she’d
read Byron’s mind just now.
    “Yes, anything , mother.” A
simultaneous sense of pride and guilt spread through him at the words.
    Vellamo nodded.
    “If I send you back you’d give away your chance as rightful heir to
my throne.”
    Byron lifted his head, and his eyes widened.
    “What do you mean, send me back? I can’t go back. The thousand days
curse…”
    Vellamo shrugged

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