Page 48 of Bride of the Sea King

How much of it would end if I let him knock me up?

How would he treat me if he wasn’t actively trying to convince me to accept him as my mate?

I managed to climb another foot off the ground before the moss on one of the rocks I clung to slid off.

I fell so fast and hard that I couldn’t do anything to catch myself. Luckily, I hadn’t been far off the ground, because I was now flat on my back. My ass hurt something fierce, too.

Groaning, I stared up at the waterfall and the water tube above me.

They may as well have been taunting me.

If I was just as strong as Triton…

“Iamas strong as Triton,” I grumbled at the water. “Or I will be, according to him.”

It didn’t reply, obviously.

I forced myself back to my feet, ignoring the throbbing in my ass that had officially joined the pain in nearly every muscle I possessed. Letting out a harsh breath, I closed my eyes and focused on the electricity in my chest.

If Triton could do it, I could too.

In theory.

Theory was just going to have to be good enough, because the alternative was sitting in the grotto like a princess trapped in a tower. And I wasn’t freaking Rapunzel.

It took a minute to connect with the electricity, but it blazed down my arms after I did. Thrill raced through me.

I could do this.

I really could.

Triton had told me to focus on what I wanted to happen, so I did. I focused on the water tube, and imagined it moving toward me.I pictured it wrapping around me and whisking me off my feet. Carrying me up and into Triton’s room in the castle.

Peeking an eye open, I checked on it.

The tube was moving.

It was actually moving!

I slammed my eye shut and focused harder, picturing it more emphatically.

The twist of my electric magic felt unnatural, but it was working, so I ignored the feeling.

Finally, the water whisked me up off the ground.

A whoop escaped me, excitement overtaking my focus as I neared the top of the pool.

The magic suddenly gave out, and I screamed as I plummeted back down—right into the pond below Triton’s room in the castle.

Surfacing, I stared at the tube.

My nemesis.

But… I had actually done it.

I had controlled the water.

I just stopped focusing too soon.

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