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of those storming sea-bitches. He wanted a few days on land with something pretty and eager to please.
    In the meantime, he was going to accept Ailill's offer to let Kin fuck him.
    "Duty leads and I can only follow," Ailill finally replied to his comment, sipping his own wine, pale green eyes bright and sharp with anticipation. "I would say you are far braver, Captain, to have survived so many years at sea. I assume you have been doing this for years. Certainly the scars on your arms and throat indicate the seas are an old nemesis of yours."
    Kin grunted. "The sea is my love, always, for I am a child of Kundou. But the sea-bitches, they are my nemeses, by the dragons I do vow it."
    "Mm," Ailill said thoughtfully. "I've heard of them, but I've never seen one, though this is my third trip at sea."
    "You are blessed, then, because I encounter them every voyage and often more than once." He did not bother to say it was entirely personal that he was sought out so often.
    Ailill set his wine aside and finished off the last few bites of the stew they'd had for dinner. "Is it true that because of the mermaids, women are not allowed to sail?"
    Kin nodded. "Yes. Mermaids loathe men and will kill them, but they prefer to drag their 'sisters' down into the depths and turn them. Most believe that is how they keep their numbers up, though some believe they can breed other ways. Unfortunately, they steal too many women every year by sneaking into coastal towns and snatching them from their beds." He finished his wine and poured a third glass.
    "We've lost them in Verde that way," Ailill said. "It's all the more admirable, then, that you have survived so many attacks. I think most would have given up the sea by now."
    Shrugging, Kin replied, "A child of Kundou who is afraid of the sea is like a child of Verde who is not comfortable in both his skins."
    Ailill smirked. "I was just thinking I would be more comfortable in just my skin."
    Matching the smirk, Kin finished his wine and beckoned Ailill close. He stood as Ailill rose and moved around the table, reaching out to drag him close. They were very nearly the same height, making Ailill easy to kiss. Kin slid his arms around Ailill's waist, smiling at the arms that wrapped around his neck, the fingers that ran through his hair.
    He was just grateful that Ailill hadn't asked why he was so white when most of the citizens of Kundou had hair in the various shades of the sea. Only his blue-gray eyes marked him as Kundou. 
    He shoved a hand up under Ailill's fancy jacket, seeking smooth skin, eager to get to the part where he plowed into Ailill's fine ass. For the moment, however, he was still mostly willing to take his time. Ailill moaned, nails scraping the back of Kin's neck and teasing down beneath the collar of his shirt. Kin drew back, sucking on Ailill's bottom lip. "You have—"
    His words were cut off by a sudden hard bang , followed immediately by a piercing whistle that was a warning for only one thing. "Dragons drag them to the depths and leave them there!" Kin snarled, pulling away from Ailill. "Stay here, your grace, and bar the door behind me unless you want to experience what it is like to be eaten by a mermaid."
    Not waiting for a reply, Kin snatched up the sword he had left on the table and left the Captain's quarters to help his men drive off the mermaids. He closed the door behind him, but didn't wait to confirm that Ailill did as Kin had told him and barred it.
    Drawing his sword, he discarded the scabbard and threw himself into the fray, yanking one mermaid off a nearby sailor and slamming her into the wall, then throwing her to the ground. The sailor he saved yanked her head up and slit her throat, and Kin moved on to the next target, gutting her easily before she noticed he had arrived.
    But the next two saw him, snarling and screaming when they saw two of their sisters dead. They threw themselves at him, their skin wet and glistening in the light of the full moon. Kin