Page 40 of Bride of the Sea King

“I’ll teach you that in a moment. First, you need to try to take control of it. What does it feel like?”

“Electricity. Like yours, but different.”

“Yes, that’s the form of energy it most resembles. Though it feels electric, you can use it to control the water. For now, just try to spread it out around us.”

“Doesn’t it affect you?”

“Oh, yes.”His eyes flashed. “You may as well have your fist around my cock.”

My face heated, and the magic grew a little stronger.

Triton’s hand landed on my face, and he tilted my chin back so I was focused on his eyes.“Look at me, and nothing else. Whileyou do, push the magic outward as far as you can. It will be difficult at first, but—fuck.”His curse was a shallow breath out as I did what he instructed, pushing the magic harder.

His gaze grew darker.

Hotter.

“Good, Aria. Just like that.”

The end of my tail knocked against a puffball beneath us, and shifted back to legs after a short burst of magic I had no control over.

Unlike me, Triton didn’t shift.“Keep pushing it.”

I did as he instructed, stretching the magic as far as I could. After another minute, it started feeling like a rubber band I’d stretched to its limit.

“Can’t hold on much longer,”I panted.

“Just last as long as you can. That’s how you build the muscle.”

“What if it snaps?”

“Then it snaps. It’s magic; it’s infinite. What happens to it doesn’t matter. If you use all that you can access, you’ll exhaust yourself, but it will come back.”

I nodded, fighting to maintain my hold. The magic itself wasn’t visible, which made the whole experience feel insane. But there was no denying the power all around me, or the way I strained to hold it.

If I hadn’t been underwater, sweat would’ve dripped down my forehead or spine.

“Just like that, Sweetheart.”Triton’s voice strained.“I’m impressed.”

“Liar.”

He laughed roughly.“I wouldn’t lie to you.”

I pushed the magic out just a tiny bit further, gasping for air when I stretched it the very furthest I possibly could.“It’s going to snap.”

“I’ll brace myself.”

After one last heartbeat, it tore abruptly.

A powerful shock of magic ripped through the water like lightning. Triton growled ferociously, and his mouth crashed into mine as he pinned me harder to the cliff.

I couldn’t stop myself from kissing him back, wrapping my legs around his waist when he shifted. His erection ground against my center as we made out, and even though logic told me I shouldn’t have, I pulled him closer.

His hands moved over my abdomen and breasts, grabbing and teasing and claiming.

I finally managed to break the kiss with a gasp, my heart still racing. He kissed and licked his way down the side of my throat as I panted,“We should stop.”

“Why?”He sucked on the sensitive part of my throat lightly.

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