Chapter 22
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
Nikos
Ifinally have her in my grasp. She got away from me last time, but I’m hoping now that she’s in the water with me, I can convince her to stroke my fins.
My beast has the same idea, and he and I wrestle for control.
If he takes over, the crowd will get a show that is not appropriate for children’s eyes, so I keep him buried deep down.
Lila tumbles headfirst into the water next to me, and I hear the crowd laugh and cheer around us. When she resurfaces, she’s trying to fix her beautiful brown hair, and when she does, all I can see are her bright green eyes glaring at me as she splutters quiet obscenities.
Ah, so she wants to play hard to get. I can do this too.
This act must be for the crowd. She happily wore my seed on her skin the other day, after all, so she must be interested in mating with me. I also have her mark on my shoulder in human form, so maybe this is a form of courting for humans. Well, I am intrigued and up to the challenge.
“Oh goodness me,” my sister scolds, swiftly adapting to the small change I made to the act.
“Well, I guess you should bring your prize over here, Nikos. Would you all like to see him tow his new friend through the water?” she asks the crowd who, of course, answers enthusiastically.
I swim around Lila a couple of times, trying to get her to hold onto my fin, beyond excited to feel her grip it in her hand.
Our fins are directly connected to our sexual organs, and it’s going to take all my control not to get an erection in the pool.
The Adams brothers would probably castrate me if I did, so when she does, I speed as quickly as I can back to the platform where Nixie helps her climb out.
The crowd cheers and I do a quick lap of the pool in celebration, splashing all the smiling children as I go.
I love children and hope to have many of my own one day.
This has me thinking. Lila is already with child, so I know she is not opposed to breeding. If I can convince her to breed with me, then she can’t ever get away.
Nixie continues on with the scripted part of the show, telling everyone she’d like to introduce us.
This is where we change into our mermaid form and surprise the crowd by launching ourselves up onto the platform like that.
The other four Aquilians in the troupe have recently become a family pod, so I think this will be the last stop on Earth for them.
They will get off when we pass Aquilia. Joaquin is already showing signs of being with child, and they will want to be in our home waters when they give birth.
I hear the cue, and the five of us dive deep, the other four changing shape before leaping into the air to the oohs and ahhs of the crowd before splashing back down. We all swim over to the platform and use our tails to get out, but the audience can now see I’m still in my dolphin form.
“Oh no,” my sister cries. “Nikos must be cursed like the mermaid in our tale. We all know what fixes a curse, don’t we?”
“A kiss!”
“True love’s kiss.”
“A wizard.”
The children all shout.
“Yes, that’s right, do you think that maybe our audience member here can give Nikos a kiss and break the spell?”
The crowd cheers, and Nixie looks at Lila, who rolls her eyes but crouches down. I must remember to buy my sister something nice as a thank you for helping me out.
“You’re going to pay for this,” she growls at me before she places a kiss on the end of my nose, and with a flash of lights and smoke, I change my form before grabbing her and sealing my lips to hers.
She squeaks in surprise and holds onto my shoulders to steady herself before sinking into my kiss.
I’ve been very careful not to cut her with my jagged teeth, but I do manage to draw blood, and it sears my very soul as it races through my system.
Oh yes, this is the woman for me. Her very essence sets my whole being alight, and again, I struggle to keep my cock within my sexual slit.
My beast is smug as he crows his triumph in my head.
“It worked!” Nixie cheers, and the crowd applauds loudly as Lila pushes me away and hisses at me. I ignore her and roll so she can see my tail, wanting her to see how shiny and sparkly the green and gold scales are. It’s always been something that has attracted females in the past.
That was my problem the other day. I should have shown her my tail underwater, and maybe then she might have let me put my cock in her breeding hole. I don’t care if it’s the one in human form or the one when she’s in half shift. She’s sexy either way.
I wave and smile to the crowd when Nixie gets to my introduction, my sharp teeth exposed for all to see, and the crowd gasps before some of them wave back.
“Now how are we going to get our fabulous and patient audience member back to her seat?” Nixie muses out loud.
I hear a child shout, “Make Nikos swim her back. It’s his fault really.”
That tiny human just became my second favorite after Lila.
“What a wonderful idea! Well, that’s the end of our show.
Next time you’re out on the ocean and see a dolphin, remember they might be a mermaid waiting for true love’s kiss.
” Nixie waves, and in a flash of light and smoke, she too changes, much to the delight of the crowd, and they all jump into the water.
I sit on the edge of the platform and gesture for Lila to join me, but she shakes her head, and the crowd laughs.
“How else are you going to get back to your seat?” I ask her quietly, and she glares at me again. Is this her way of trying to arouse me?
“I will swim myself.”
“Come on, my little seashell. Don’t disappoint the children.” I nod to the audience, and she sighs and joins me on the edge.
I lift her into my arms before launching us into the pool. I use my powerful tail to keep us both above water as I swim her back to her seat. Eric steps down to help her out of the pool, handing her a towel.
“Kiss him!” the same child from before demands, and she quickly goes up again in my esteem, but I can’t very well put her in front of my love so she can be equal.
I pucker my lips, and I see she’s about to refuse, but Eric gets involved. “Come on, Lila, don’t disappoint the crowd.”
“I hate you all,” she mutters under her breath, then leans forward and presses her lips to mine. No tongue this time, but I’m okay with that. I keep my teeth to myself in front of the boss men.
When she pulls away, I whoop in delight before diving under the water with a splash of my tail in her direction, sharing my habitat with her so she knows how important she is to me.
She must be so thrilled that I have shown her all this affection and nearly swooning with delight.
If the single females on Aquilia could see her now, they would be boiling with jealousy.
They would demand to fight her for her right to be my breeding partner.
I would love to see Lila fight for that honor.
The thought nearly catches me off guard, and my erection almost slips out of my sexual slit again.
I dive down deep as the pool beams back onto the ship. We need to climb out, and then Nixie and I will beam back down for the final parade.
“You idiot!” my sister screeches at me once the pool arrives back on the ship and we shift forms and climb out. The other four say a quick goodbye and disappear out of Nixie’s line of fire. Cowards.
“No, Nikos. Don’t you dare look at them.
” She smacks my chest as we both put on our modesty clothes.
“They weren’t the ones that went rogue during the middle of the show.
What were you thinking?” She continues to smack me, though the hits barely register as anything more than an annoyance.
I grab hold of her hand and press it against my chest.
“Wasn’t it wonderful? The crowd loved it. I was a star,” I crow, almost bending into a bow, but she just rolls her eyes.
“You better hope that the boss men liked it. They have enough trouble with the performers, if the rumors are true, and we do not need to add to their worries. It’s bad enough that Dorado confirmed Joaquin’s pregnancy and that they will be leaving the show once we get back to Aquilia.
I don’t want to go, I want to stay with the circus. I like it here.”
“I think maybe it’s a certain female Vilaxian that you like, and maybe you don’t mind the male one either.” I raise an eyebrow at her in challenge. “Don’t think I didn’t see you sneak both of them and that Skarrian woman into our house the other night, Nixie.”
She huffs. “Fine, but I also like this way of life. I don’t want to go back and be expected to find a partner and have a brood of babies.”
“It will be fine. Everything will work, you’ll see, and soon Lila will be taking my cock into her breeding channel.”
“Goddamn it, Nikos, you’re an idiot,” my sister snaps and slaps me on the back of the head before heading for the transport chamber to return to Earth.
I follow behind, happy with my plan that I’m sure will come to fruition soon.