Page 21 of Love Bites

Holy shit.

It wasn’t just a pool… it was a work of art.

Gorgeous, rough stone made it look like a piece of nature had been built in the Manor. There was an arch on one side, and a huge waterfall on another. I saw the water moving in what had to have been a lazy river around the outside, too.

My feet carried me to the edge, and my jaw just about dropped when I realized I could barely see the bottom.

“Here’s one of the siren bitches now,” the first girl whispered. “I can even feel her slutty magic.”

“Want me to make it stronger?” I asked her, without looking up from the water. “I could probably make you take your clothes off if I really tried. Siren hearing is just as good as vampires’, by the way.”

Missy huffed.

The second woman laughed. “I kind of want to feel it.”

“Are you insane?!” Missy protested.

I flashed them a smile, and pushed more of my magic to the surface. Both of them shuddered, and the first girl grabbed the second’s arm like she was holding on for dear life.

I released the magic without actually pushing them to do anything. I’d never violate someone like that. Not on purpose, at least. Sometimes, I couldn’t control my power at all.

“Damn, that’s intense,” the second girl said, admiration in her voice.

“Hale is going to hear about this,” Missy said, her voice trembling. “We’re engaged to be mated. Our parents planned it when we were kids.”

“Congratulations.” I gave her a warm smile. “And go ahead and tell yourfiancé. I’m sure you won’t be the only person he hears it from.” I looked at the second girl. “Any idea where the pump room is?”

“The door’s over there. Roscoe runs it. I’ll let him know to talk to you about it when I see him. Missy and I are going to head out.” She grabbed the other woman’s arm, the way Clementinehad grabbed mine. Looking at them, I decided there was a good chance they were sisters.

“Thanks.”

“Who are you mated to?” she asked, curiosity setting in on her way out.

“You don’t want to know.” My gaze flicked to Missy, and her sister’s eyes widened before she rushed her out the door, mouthing,

“Thank you.”

I nodded at her, then headed toward the pump room.

The door was unlocked, and it took all of three seconds for me to realize I was in over my head among the many different buttons and switches.

I saw a pad of paper with a few notes on it though, and grabbed the pen beside it, folding the top page over so I didn’t mess up any of their stuff.

I wrote a quick note.

Roscoe or whoever runs this room,

Please turn everything off if you can get approval from whoever your boss is. The water will flow the way it wants to as long as me or one of my sisters stop by once a week or so, and we’ll be here a lot more than that. The magic might wreck your pumps if you leave them on while it’s doing its thing.

Our power will remove the chemicals from the water and keep it pure, too. Don’t put more chlorine in or Izzy will probably kill you. Chlorine is a bitch to get off a siren’s skin. We’ll fish out anything that falls to the bottom so you don’t have to.

Also, if you throw a rock in while one of us is in the water, we’ll know you want us to come out. Don’t ask me why we started that, but it’s a thing.

Thanks,

Blair <3

I added a heart at the end, just in case the note sounded harsher than I thought.

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