Whispers of the Deep (Deep Waters, #1)

by Emma Hamm

“Good,” he said quietly, knowing that she couldn’t understand him. “Because I would have turned the waters black with their blood. I don’t care that he’s my brother, or that the others have been in my pod for years. They do not understand the value or the worth of your life, kairos, and I will not stand for their mistreatment of you.” Brushing his fingers gently through her hair, he added, “You are dear to me now, Mira. I fear I have brought you into a world where you can only meet your end.”

He had only wanted her more. Wanted to dig himself into her skin and coil around her heart until he was wrapped so firmly around it that he knew it would only beat for him.

“I went back to kill him, Mira. I followed him through the entire city and then I chased him in his escape pod. He tried to flee so he wouldn’t have to pay the price of touching you. But then I ripped his ship apart, and I tore him in half. I left him for the sharks, so that they would all know what happens to anyone who lays a hand on you.”

“I couldn’t leave you if I tried, kairos. You are and always will be the soul of my soul, the heart that beats in my chest.

“You are a gift from the sea, Mira. A rare pearl I am so lucky to have found. I do love you, you know. More than anything else in this world. You hold my soul in your chest. Wherever you go, I will never be far from you.”