“It’s crazy how I can’t remain angry at you despite your constant secrets,” I remark, earning a small smile from her.
“Well, I am your Little Liar.”
“Indeed,” I reply, stroking her hair.
“Kai…”
“Mmm?”
She looks weak and fragile, her breathing laboured.
“I need the ocean…” she murmurs weakly.
“I didn’t even think of that. Let’s go.” I stand quickly. She’ll regain her energy better in water.
She smiles weakly as I lift her up bridal style, going to the window. I unlock it and open it wide as my wings expand. They spread behind me as I step onto the window ledge and push off it, my wings beating as we become airborne. She closes her eyes as I carry her away from the castle, the wind whipping in our faces, making me feel even more alive. I spot a secluded area with rocks in the middle of the water and land.
I place her gently in the water, she fumbles with her dress, and I help her remove it, admiring her beauty for a moment before I place the dress aside, and she pulls away gently, sinking into the water as she shifts back into her sea siren form.
I watch as she slowly splashes around, noticing how each stroke becomes stronger as she dips below the surface. Smirking, I remove my own boots and roll my pants up as I walkinto the water, sitting on the edge.
My entire fucking body is aching from the fight, but I feel a lot better.
“We did it, didn’t we?” she says as she surfaces, brushing her hair back.
I nod. “I guess we did.”
She swims towards me, placing a hand on my arm, the other cupping my face as she kisses me. “I promise never to lie to you again.”
“Good, because I might actually have to punish you if you do.”
“Don’t threaten me with a good time,” she says teasingly.
“Oh?” I purr, trying to tickle her, but she slips away, giggling.
I get into the water, but she’s faster as she swims around me in circles before she hugs me from behind. “I love you, Kai.”
I tilt my head, letting the current carry me. “And I love you, darling,” I murmur softly.
“How much?” she asks, with a playful pout.
I cock a brow. “Well… I’m not so sure…”
“Kai!”
I smirk as I turn and kiss her softly, gazing into her eyes. “From where the sky begins and where the ocean sleeps, across every wind and wave, stronger than the wind, deeper than tides, more than life itself. You are the horizon I chase, the storm I would sail towards, and the calm I’ve always sought within the chaos of the world. I love you more than all that has been, and all that will ever be.”
Her fingers tighten around me, her eyes glittering with tears,and I feel the world fade until it’s just us, the water, the sky, and the unspoken eternity between us.
“Together we are one,” she finishes.
Her arms squeeze tighter, and I know she means it. I mean it. The storm inside me isn’t one of chaos, but of something that belongs.
I feel her brush against me as she adjusts her position, tilting her head against my shoulder to look at me properly. “Kai… sing for me,” she murmurs, her voice soft but insistent.
I smirk, shaking my head, letting a strand of wet hair fall across my eyes. “Sing? Me? For you? You’re lucky I just professed my love so damn poetically. Don’t push it, darling.”
Her fingers press against my chest, pouting up at me coquettishly. “But you said you’d do anything for me, so sing for me?”
