Chapter 14
Sonny
Iwas skating on a vast lake, so big I couldn’t see the edges of it. It could have been the ocean for all I knew, just a long eternity of shiny, sheer ice. It hurt my eyes and I wanted to close them, but I could see the ice either way.
A loud crack echoed around me. I was familiar with that sound by now, the sudden breaking of the ice. I tried to skate as quickly as I could, pumping my legs for all I was worth, trying to get away from the broken ice.
I thought I’d make it.
Then I fell straight down, down into the freezing water.
It pressed in on me, dark and cold, making my movements sluggish and slow. I was drifting down, no matter how hard I fought.
Then I felt them.
Those tentacles.
The moment they wrapped around me, I relaxed. I knew I was safe and I let them wind around and around my middle securely.
I made a little sound to try and get them to wrap me tighter. I wanted that long tentacle around my chest and neck, soft and safe as a warm woollen scarf.
I got my wish and they slid around me in coils, dancing with me as I broke the surface of the water.
When I opened my eyes, I was confused. I was in a small bedroom and Erik was standing beside me. He was on the phone, talking into it and looking at me.
Those long, lovely tentacles slithered over my torso, though, below the blankets. Erik couldn’t see them. He looked down at my face and I blinked up at him, trying to work out whether I was awake or not. The world had a slightly tilted feel to it, as though I were drifting in and out of sleep.
Those tentacles moved, tracing patterns over my hot skin and leaving cool trails in their wake.
I wanted to moan with how good it felt.
Maybe I did moan.
Erik frowned down at me and spoke again, but his voice was distant.
I closed my eyes and concentrated on those tentacles that held me close. As long as they were there, I was safe.
I drifted on the surface of a sunny lake, wrapped up completely in those long, dexterous arms. Raising my face to the sun, I closed my eyes and breathed out a sigh of contentment. I wished I could stay here forever.