Chapter 37

~Kamari~

While Koa went to the sea, I sat and braided my son's hair like I did for his father. "Let me see," I said, turning his face towards me. Every time I looked at him, my heart filled with warmth. "Am I pretty?" Ryuu asks with a bratty smile. Yup. He was getting his Father's sassiness. 

I pinch his cheek, "Stop it." He pulls away, "Ouch." He rubs his face, "When Father returns, I want to go out."

"Again? You've barely been here with me. Don't you love me?" I tease. Ryuu smiles and rolls his eyes. "Yes, I do." I tilt my head.

"Then why the urgency?"

Ryuu looks down. "I miss the waters," he says, yet I felt my whelping had something he wasn't telling me—mother's intuition. "Uh-huh." I tilt my head. Ryuu starts to draw in the sand. "I am this big now in the water."

He draws Koa massively and then himself, spanning the length of Koa's tail. "Wow. When I had you, you were a little worm." I giggle. Ryuu glares at me. "I'm insulted." 

"Oh, stop it." I hug him. I'm only playing with you." Ryuu learned quickly, and with Aneth teaching him things, his awareness of how humans worked would eventually improve. The sudden crash of waves gets my attention. Ryuu stands up immediately, his eyes brightening. This boy loved Koa. I was starting to think he loved his father more than me. I might be a little hurt by that. After all, he came out of me.

Koa walks up the shore with Ryuu under his arm. "Is the water safe?" I hear him ask. "Yes." Koa replies, "Do not go past my borders." With a firm nod, Ryuu races to the waters and dives in. I sigh as Koa walks up to me. "He never wants to stay here for long."

"He grows. It's natural." Koa sits beside me. "What did you mean by borders? Is something going on in the waters?"

Koa stares out, "Another is challenging my territory. I must be there more often to make the water safe for Ryuu. They know I have a son, and they'll try to kill him." My heart spikes, "Koa, he can't be in there right now! Go get him—"

"He's safe, Kamari. There is no need to worry," Koa said calmly, but I wasn't calm at all. I shot up. "Ryuu!" I called out. Koa grabbed me from behind and covered my mouth. "Do not scream. You'll draw their attention," he whispered. My heart beat wildly. "You have to trust me, do you not?"

I give Koa a shuddered sigh, then nod. "Good," he says, his breath hot in my ear. I try to calm down, but the dangers Ryuu faced alone made me want to be there with him. And I hated that I couldn't. I break away from Koa and turn to him, crossing my arms, "I'm not letting you near me when I bleed." 

Koa chuckles, "Oh? Did you not enjoy it last time." The smirk on his face makes my blood run hot, "That's not the point." I try not to smile. "It's just. He doesn't need me. I give birth and Iose them. I'm barely involved in his life. You are."

"It is who we are, Kamari." I look towards the ground.

 "Will it be this way with every whelp I have?"

"Yes, even in the skies," Koa says and walks toward me. But they will come back. They have a human side—one that misses their mother." That makes me smile.

 "So, are you still abstaining from me?" Koa asks in his silvery voice. I look up at him through lowered lashes, "You know I don't." My body heats up.

Koa wasn't here for long until he returned to the water, but now I knew why. I didn't mind now that I knew he was protecting our son. I wrapped my arms around his neck. "You have me all to yourself now." Koa grabbed my hips and pressed me against him. "Now it's my turn to make you scream to the heavens." 

My head falls back as I bite my lip. These men would be the end of me. Koa fought me the last time I bled, but with Nye, I didn't put up a fight at all. My reactions to them around that time were different, and I liked it. Still, in the back of my mind, Aneth lingered. I didn't get to speak with him at all recently. I tried not to think about it while Koa wrapped me in his arms. I wanted to be fair. But It didn't make me less aware of how much work Aneth's and I relationship needed. Maybe I could convince Koa to let me work with me in a little while. Aneth read more than anyone; at this point, he probably knew a little more than Koa, not as much as Nye. 

Koa brings me back from my thoughts as his hands roam the curves of my body, his hand slides down my arm then holds my hand. He walks backward, his eyes luring me, "Come to me, my little harlot," 

My body floods with lust. Oh, Good Goddess. Koa had ways of getting me in trouble; his voice always casts a spell on me, and of course, I listened, sauntering towards him. For some reason, having Koa's whelp made our connection much more potent. 

Maybe that was the reason I slipped up when I was with Nye. Although Aneth was another story. By the way Koa's eyes fed into my desires it was damn near impossible to think of anything else. I wasn't bleeding, but I ached with a primal urge to maul him, in a good way, of course. 

Before I knew it, my eyes glow, Koa gives me a coaxing smirk, "Such a shame you aren't bleeding." His voice is gruff with desire. He pulls me in by the waist and kisses me, taking my breath away. I missed the taste of him, and I wanted to feel him inside me again. Koa seemed to read my mind and picked me up, and I wrapped my legs around him, still kissing him with a fever. 

I waste no time putting him inside me. "Ugh," I moan, my body responds with shivers of pleasure. Koa's eyes intensify, and he turns, placing my back against a tree. His thrusts are agonizingly slow and deep, making me cry out.

Out of the corner of my eye, I see the glint of gold. My breath hitches not only from the pleasure I'm feeling but also because of Aneth. He was leaning against a tree, just watching us–no, watching me. Aneth slightly tilts his head, his eyes drinking me in. It was hard to focus on Koa when Aneth looked at me like that.

My mind starts flipping through pleasantly hot scenarios with Aneth. It takes me over the edge. Koa throws his head back with a heavily satisfied groan. My face flushes as I realize how much I like Aneth's attention. 

That's it, I'm about to hunt this man.