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with a smirk, “Not that I’m complaining but I have to agree and enforce the no pants rule with you in particular.” I took over, seeing that Riza was busy with a few other customers.
    I began to fix his usual drink on my own. He usually ordered the same thing; coconut rum with frozen pineapple chunks and a hint of sweetened coconut milk.
    His crystalline, jade green eyes gleamed with naughty humor. “You don’t have to save me, beautiful. I wish he would try to fight me. Anyway, you know I’m clothed. Where I live, this is considere d —overdressed.”
    “Well, you don’t live here!” Jax shouted, having retreated back to his post and overhearing Marq’s words.
    He ignored Jax with a smug smile and changed the subject coolly. “Speaking of, when are you going to come spend a weekend with or at least have dinner with me at my place?”
    I laughed. “When I’m able to breathe underwater. Besides, I don’t want any of those women trying to attack me for simply being with one the few hottest, bachelor undines in your city.”
    He pursed his sexy mouth. “Turning me down and coating it with flattery in one sentence is just as insulting. Anyway, that won’t happen, and I told you that you’ll be fine with a little magic. We’re still building and improving some things but there are many oxygen filled domes in several parts of the city.” He reminded me.
    “I’ll come.” Isis piped in enthusiastically.
    “Hell, I would too but fire and water don’t mix.” Riza beamed.
    “You’re thinking of fire and ice. Fire and water makes for some hot and steamy encounters.” Marq flirted with her and smiled.
    “Well damn, in that case, I’d love to visit for a weekend.” Riza grinned.
    Marq was most definitely the charming flirt but he was mine.
    Undines are typically all female, or so many of us had thought for a long time, which makes Marq such a unique and hot commodity. Many of the females line up just to mate with him, and though I’m slightly jealous of that knowledge and visual, I couldn’t be mad once I decided to mess around with him.
    The ratio of male Undines to females was like, twenty to one and I’m sure that he wasn’t complaining .
    I had to hand it to him though, if I were an Undine, I’d prefer to be naked twenty-four seven too. All undines live and travel nude underwater, which is understandable. Ever try to swim long distances fully clothed?
    Marq is from Eqquena, which lies near the center of the Pacific Ocean. His city has existed for a very long time here, which was news to us. Earth has so much water, it was easy for them to survive for centuries, undetected.
    Mating is the only way that many elementals can ensure the continuity of their own existence and the next generation. We’re included in that principle too, even though we as Hunters are unable to invoke any sort of definitive magic from the elements.
    All of our hopes were to someday find a new world similar to our old homes, safe and far away from the Ascendants. Don’t get me wrong, we love humans and we’ve managed to stay under the radar and coexist with them for a very long time. We don’t have much of a choice anymore anyway. Helping out the humans every now and then kind of comes with the territory as long as it isn’t too conspicuous. Some of us get a real big kick out of that.
    We do get an occasional few that like to show out but nothing major. We’ve been fortunate that the numerous accounts of strange lights, flying people, weird sightings etc., have been deemed unbelievable and something that you hear ‘crazy’ people, certain sites on the internet, and tabloids chattering about. Thank goodness for us that modern science loves to discount and debunk anything that can’t be seen, explained, or proven by logic.
    Several of our patrons are actually business owners on the mainland. Some of those places consist of a magic novelty shop (as fronts for humans), a small bed and breakfast, a hand-tailored clothing