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  Tony was completely tongue tied when he met me, it was kind of cute, and I was glad I wasn’t in the interview or we’d have never hired him. It would be interesting working with him. Lisa got him set up, showed him where everything was, and he hit the ground running starting with warding the building. He was obviously grateful for the opportunity, and it showed. He may have also been grateful at the opportunity to move out of his parents’ house.

  Chapter Three

  As a siren, I’d long ago learned how to enthrall, increase healing, put someone to sleep, fill them with confusion, or even erase short term memory. Enthralling men into being my puppets and harem was both illegal, and something I found morally reprehensible, but the rest of it had all come in useful for my line of work. Although, it was very hard to put someone to sleep if they were on guard against it, or when filled with adrenaline and fighting.

  The last few weeks on the edge of the gulf, where the songs were so much louder and clearer, I thought I had a few more ideas. Mostly just from being with Lisa, and listening to her song as we fucked, and as she slept all night against my side as I read or played with my magic. I had four more ideas to try out, though only one of them might be useful in a fight. I was sure there was much more to discover, but all I could do was take it one day at a time, otherwise I’d get frustrated at not having a teacher.

  It was later that same day, around ten. Tony had already warded the place, and he promised to get the vehicles and enchant our field equipment tomorrow. He’d also went home to get his clothes and move his stuff into the apartment. He wasn’t back yet.

  Lisa and I were on the couch in our apartment, and we were snuggled up. She was sweet and loving, as much as she was violent and possessive, and I loved the way her tight supple petite body felt against mine.

  I was in a rather playful mood, and I started to hum lightly under my breath.

  Lisa gasped, and stiffened, “Fuck, what are you doing to me?”

  I smirked, and I changed a few tones as I hummed my magic into her body, and I looked intently into her widened eyes as I lovingly caressed her face.

  She shivered, and then gasped my name. Her breaths grew short and labored, her eyes widened, and her body trembled. I hummed a little louder, changing the notes again, and she screamed in ecstasy.

  I looked deeply and lovingly into her eyes, as she came undone fully clothed on the couch, and I was only touching her face with my fingertips and singing to her body. I sighed in pleasure and contentment, as I felt a rush of energy, power, and euphoria at the insane amount of energy my siren side extracted from my lover’s pleasure. It was a high.

  She kissed me hungrily, and then started to tear my clothes off my body as she kissed down to my neck. Her breath was hot and needy on my skin, as I felt her teeth break the skin. My breath grew shallow as euphoria spread through my body as she feasted on my blood, and I gasped as I felt her fingers on my wet heat. I supposed explanations would have to wait, it was my turn to endure pleasure, and she was quite thorough about it.

  Lisa asked later, “What was that?”

  It was over an hour later, and we were in our bed, naked, with our legs entwined and arms around each other. She was so sexy, warm, and satisfying against me.

  I replied, “Your song is so much clearer here. I’ve been paying attention the last couple of weeks to it, and to the changes in it when I pleasure you. I probably won’t do that often, I’d rather touch your body, taste you, and love you physically to bliss, but I wanted to see if I could pleasure you with just my voice.”

  Lisa shook her head, “It was intense. All my nerves sparked with pleasure, and even though you weren’t touching me I could feel waves of euphoria emanating from my pussy. Then I was just cumming violently, like you’d flipped a switch.”

  I giggled, “In a way I did. The first part was just giving you pleasure, bliss or orgasm is a whole different trigger.”

  She nodded, “Did you learn anything else?”

  I sighed, “Yes, I have a couple of more ideas, but not nearly as nice as pleasure and bliss.”

  She asked, “Go ahead, you don’t want to test it in a fight.”

  I frowned, and then hummed a few bars.

  She gasped a breath when I stopped, “What the fuck was that, I couldn’t move.”

  I replied, “Sleep paralysis. It’s part of your song when you’re asleep. It’s what stops you from moving your real body during a dream. I can do the same thing, but even stronger and it will completely suppress the person, so even tossing or turning is impossible.”

  She frowned, “That will make apprehending someone without killing them pretty easy.”

  I nodded, “Maybe. You’re relaxed, blissed out and content right now. I think it’s like sleep, it won’t work on someone filled with adrenaline and anticipating violence. Still, it will probably work if I confuse them first, and knock them silly. Or if we take them by surprise.”

  She asked, “Anything else?”

  I nodded reluctantly, “But I probably won’t ever use it. Pleasure and pain are closely tied, I could cause intense pain, but I’m not into torture. If it came down to it, temporary enthrallment would get me more honest answers anyway, if I was willing to use it.”

  Lisa smirked, “Nope, you’re too slutty.”

  “You mean sweet?”

  She laughed, “That’s what I said. Any new ideas for your dragon magic?”

  I shrugged, “One idea to try, but I can’t test it without risk.”

  She raised an eyebrow.

  I said, “Nothing new, or at least just small variations of what I’ve already done. But I was thinking I could probably enchant like my father did this necklace.”

  I fingered it for a moment, before returning my hand to her hip.

  She asked, “Like what?”

  “Oh, I could probably scry you and set up comms ear pieces using a few molecules of moisture in the air. Instead of a large sheet of ice for obvious two-way communication, it would be in our ear canals and private. I bet I could enchant something with that magic, so you could initiate a similar connection to me. I’ll have to experiment to figure out what stones work best for a water dragon, I don’t think rubies are compatible with my magic, like the necklace my father gave me.”

  She nodded, “Maybe a sapphire.”

  Maybe, I doubted it was that easy, just because my magic was blue didn’t mean that would be right. But then, my father’s magic was red, and my necklace had rubies. Maybe the color of light it reflected from the light spectrum would match the color of magic it could absorb. That wasn’t an unreasonable theory, and it would be worth a try.

  “I’m pretty sure I could fly if I wanted.”

  She replied in a wiseass voice, “You do have wings, so I’d guess it’s more than just a possibility.”

  I snorted, “I mean in my human form. It’s mostly water after all.”

  She sighed, and changed the subject, “Have you heard from Harold?”

  I shook my head, “Not in ten days.”

  We’d planned to visit him twice a week or so for a friends-with-benefits booty call. Lisa and I both loved each other to distraction, but we still needed cock in our lives, and he was a good friend. Still was. But we’d also agreed we’d end that arrangement if he ever found himself in a relationship, he wanted more than we were willing to give him, wanted a family and children, heirs to his magic and loins. When we made that deal, I hadn’t imagined it would happen less than three weeks later.

  I missed him. Not just his cock, but his friendship. We were still friends, but he’d been a bit distracted lately. He probably would be, until the shiny wore off on the new relationship.

  “Not since he started seeing Audrey.”

  Lisa said, “We need a new boy toy.”

  I laughed, “And I’m the slut?”

  She nodded, “Of course.”

  I snickered, “Yes dear.”

  She nipped my nipple playfully.

  “It’s either that or
go pick up a one-night stand one of these days, soon. I need it, and that means you do too.”

  I nodded in agreement. I was still a little unsure about that kind of thing, threesomes I mean, but I had to admit it would be very hard to give up cock, and I’d never cheat on Lisa, which meant it was both of us together or nothing. I also thought a steady hookup was better, more intimate, than a one-time hookup, but that kind of thing wasn’t easy to find. Especially for me, since most men would get clingy when I slept with them, and not because I was an awesome person, it was all the siren magic and pheromones.

  Which was shallow, and empty, which probably meant we’d go with hookup nights at the club, and then go to his place, so he couldn’t find us later.

  Tony would be off the table for that kind of thing, even if he would probably go for it, he was clearly attracted to both his bosses. He’d even been attracted to me just from looks before he’d met me in person, but that could get far too messy, especially since he had no immunity to my siren half. He was a perfect fit for the job, and I wasn’t going to screw that up for a little sex.

  “Fine, but no calling them boy toys.”

  Even if that would kind of be what they were. It made me feel cheap and tawdry. Now that I’d found real love, with Lisa, one night stands really didn’t appeal to me anymore. Yet… I did need a man on occasion, and also having Lisa there would add at least some intimacy to the equation.

  She smirked, “I have a surprise for you tomorrow. There’s not much left for us to do until the doors open, and I already told Tony he’d be on his own tomorrow.”

  “What surprise?”

  She sighed, and burrowed deeper into my side, “If I told you it wouldn’t be a surprise.”

  I frowned, I’d be up all night watching her sleep, reading, and wondering what the hell the surprise might be. It was also a decent idea to let Tony on his own, he’d be on his own a lot with us two out on jobs, it was better if we discovered any issues sooner rather than later.

  Either way, it was going to be a long night. I wanted to know what it was, but she was cruel and stubborn enough to not tell me, and she’d just enjoy the argument if I pushed her on it.

  Instead, I just held her as she fell asleep in my arms, then grabbed the kindle off the night table…

  Chapter Four

  The warm sea air, the scent of salt water, and the hot sun made for a gorgeous day. Lisa still hadn’t told me what the surprise was, but seeing as we were down at the docks, I already had a pretty good idea. We’d mentioned the idea of getting a boat, so I could practice my magic safely away from others, with no risk that a mage might feel my magic, and then report to a dragon in the area. Dragon sighting was a pretty common thing for a lot of people, human and supernatural alike, and there were lots of social media sites for that purpose.

  At least, for places that didn’t have their own dragon already.

  I’d always thought it was a bit silly, but it was annoying too at that point. I was sure the dragons would be using it as a resource to track down unknown half-breeds, even if I was probably the only one right now.

  We were both dressed rather casually, both in short jean shorts, though hers were black. I had on a clingy red half shirt, while she wore a light blue that showed her curves. Honestly, I felt half naked without armor and my sword, but I did have a couple of daggers in my boots, and a small .22 caliber pistol.

  I may not have been on the job, but us going anywhere unarmed was just dangerous in our world, especially if we were somehow outed.

  Lisa also had on a backpack, which looked pretty full. It probably had food and drink in it, but I wouldn’t be surprised if she had more weapons packed in there as well. Probably more on the ship too.

  The boat we stopped at was just short of forty feet, had an open deck in the stern with stairs down into a small cozy cabin, and had two seats in the pilot area which were under an awning and behind a windshield, but otherwise open to the breeze and sea air.

  “Surprise?”

  I laughed, and I gave her a thorough kiss.

  “It’s beautiful.”

  We boarded, and she wasted no time in casting off the lines, and taking her out, while I sat in the chair next to her and just soaked in the song of the ocean, and all the life in it. We’d have to get pretty far out, before I could play around.

  Lisa said, “I bet you’d be a kick ass swimmer in your dragon form.”

  I chuckled, “Maybe. But it’s probably too dangerous to try it.”

  Lisa scoffed, “But I want to see you fly. We’ll go out twenty miles or so, that’s over twice the distance of the horizon, live a little. Theo said there are no water dragons near here, and we’ll be surrounded by your element.”

  She had a point. Corpus Christi was too small to attract a dragon to claim it as their territory. It was one of the reasons we’d moved there. There were dragons in Austin, Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas, but none close enough to feel from Corpus Christi, much less twenty miles off shore. As long as I avoided being seen by humanoids.

  “Alright, I’ll try it. But only if we don’t see any other boats.”

  Now that I’d decided to take the risk, I was vibrating with anticipation. I’d always wanted to try flying, ever since I’d first shifted and known I never should. It was a risk, but a very minimal and managed one considering the precautions Lisa was taking on my behalf. It took some concentration to keep my magic from leaking, I was surrounded by my element, and itched to reach out and touch the ocean with my magic. But… I needed to wait a bit.

  I asked, “Have you heard anything about the world vampire council? The new one I mean.”

  It wouldn’t do to forget that I wasn’t the only one that was in danger of being hunted. Lisa had put an end to the last council quite pointedly, or perhaps explosively would be a more literal description. They’d wanted a war, she’d just assassinated them all using one of their own as a dupe with compulsion. It was cold blooded, and ruthless. It also made me tingle when I thought about it, not the council being blown up, but at how savage my petite sexpot was.

  Lisa shook her head, “They haven’t come out on either side of the issue yet according to my contact in Dallas. I don’t imagine it will be too long before they either declare me a threat or declare me an independent ancient free of their rule. That’s actually a good sign, it means they don’t see me as their greatest threat, and they’re busy dealing with bringing the vampire world back in line.”

  We chatted about nothing in particular, until the GPS showed us about twenty miles off shore, then she cut the engine and looked around us. I did as well, and there was nothing in sight around us in every direction.

  I felt butterflies in my stomach, as I started to strip out of my clothes.

  Lisa seemed to be enjoying the view, and I stretched in front of her shamelessly and moistened a bit at the scent of desire wafting off of her.

  “Slut,” she accused, no doubt picking up my aroused scent, not to mention my obviously exhibitionist tendencies.

  “Bitch,” I laughed.

  I’d never been an exhibitionist or dressed all that sexily outside of going to clubs. I didn’t have to, and strange men checked me out enough as it was. But Lisa brought it out of me, I loved her, and she loved me, and it brought out a playfulness in me I’d never really had before. I loved to give her a show.

  She stood up fast, and then spanked me before I could react. She was still faster than me, even with my siren half being surrounded by all this water, and I started laughing when I was suddenly arcing out over the boat’s side and splashed into the gulf.

  It made sense to get in the water first, I couldn’t exactly shift on the boat. I was still a relatively small dragon, but I was still the size of a van minus head, neck, and tail, and the boat wasn’t that big.

  I connected to my dragon side, and I flowed into my dragon form. I held my breath fast, as I started to sink like a rock. My body knew what to do though, and I spread my wings and started to swim a
lmost effortlessly. It wasn’t just the way my wings propelled the water, or my tail, it was also my magic connecting and controlling the water around me, which made me cut through the water impossibly fast.

  It’d taken us almost an hour to go twenty miles in the boat, and I was fairly sure I could make the swim back to shore in fifteen minutes, maybe faster.

  The feeling of being in the ocean, or I guess the gulf, was incredible, and overwhelming. The water and life buoyed my siren side, even if I couldn’t sing in dragon form, I could still hear the magic of life and nature. The water also spoke to my dragon magic, and I could feel everything in the ocean for miles. Fish, mollusks, life on the bottom, the shape of the sea floor and pebbles. Just… everything.

  It was like sensing things with the water vapor in the air when on land, but times five thousand. The ocean was my domain, and it sang along with my magic. I experimented, and I knew I could call upon the water to do my bidding, bring anything within my range to my feet, or crush it and destroy it. It was a heady feeling, one I knew was part hubris, but I didn’t care in the moment. I was just enjoying myself, and it was bittersweet that I had to hide it.

  I dove down about fifty feet, then flipped with my tail and pumped my wings hard and fast. I flew out of the water, roared in joy, and spread my wings. The thousands of tiny muscles in my leathery wings seemed to know what to do, and I felt graceful as I flew through the air above my domain. Walking was odd and clumsy for me in dragon form, but swimming and now flying made me feel graceful, and unstoppable. I circled, swooped, dove, and skimmed the water’s surface without effort.

  No matter how long I lived, I’d never forget that first moment of flying, or the earlier moment of swimming for the first time.

  Of course, I was still a baby for a dragon, and another water dragon would easily overpower me in my so-called domain, but I wasn’t sure if one of the other kinds could. On land or in the air yes, but in the water?

  In truth, I hoped I’d never find out. But it was good to know I could fly if things went really wrong.