MakeMeWet (7 page)
Authors: Nara Malone
Did she have to choose between magick and science? Perhaps
the two could learn to live together in harmony if she tried to build a new
life here.
As she watched the sunset turn the water to fire, a wet
dream of a man—a wet and naked man—came walking up the path to the porch. She didn’t
recognize him. A joyful flutter in her tummy and another flutter, more primal
and centered lower down, suggested she should.
Maybe she was dreaming.
If this wasn’t real, she didn’t want to wake up.
Her eyes locked with his as he came closer, not stopping
until he was at the foot of the porch steps.
“I feel as if I might know you,” Maille said.
He tilted his head, angling as if she might make more sense
from a different perspective. A quirk that felt familiar.
His hair was a matted mess. Long, jagged scratches ran
parallel down his chest. Claw marks?
“You’re bleeding,” she said.
He looked down at his chest and back to her. “It’s nothing.
Just a scratch.”
He hadn’t said anything funny, but with a will of their own,
her lips curved into a smile.
He smiled back. His dark eyes glowed.
“What happened to you?”
He shrugged. “My boss wasn’t happy with the way I handled
one of the clients.”
“I hope you quit.”
“I think the competition will own my loyalties from here on
out.”
Joy. Pure, bubbly joy had her grinning idiotically. He
grinned back.
“I found something today,” she said. “Out on the island. I
think it might be yours.”
He settled beside her on the porch step, caught her face
between his hands, forcing her to look at him.
When she met his gaze, his eyes were liquid and dark as a
harbor seal’s, steeped in longing. He stared at her as if she were made of
something infinitely precious. His voice was hushed, carried a note of
reverence as he answered, “Finders keepers.”
When he leaned in to kiss her, joy spilled over. The air
around them sparked with blue lights, as if a thousand blue fireflies danced
around their heads.
Fact—fireflies were yellow.
Fact—she owned a selkie.
Fact—selkies were legendary lovers.
Fact—there was no scientific evidence supporting the existence
of selkies.
Fact…
Fuck a bunch of facts.
Whether writing a shapeshifter romance exploring the primal
power of the wild feminine, or BDSM romance where love digs into a character’s
shadows, Nara believes romance should open the door and push lovers into a new
dimension: sexually, emotionally, and sometimes physically.
Nara Malone is an award-winning novelist and poet. As a
freelance journalist and writer, her feature profiles on women entrepreneurs
and her romantic short stories have been published in newspapers, magazines and
digital publications.
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