He frowned as one man, tall for a normal, swam up to her and reached out to take a small clump of seaweed out of her hair. He was all teeth, smiling at her as if he had a secret and couldn't wait to share. And she was eating it up! Nate had to pull out all the stops just then, holding on to his beast by the back of his neck while he watched the normal whisper something into her ear.
Whatever it was, she must not have liked it. Luisa's dark eyes narrowed, and Nate's Bear reacted. His animal surging forward, prickling along his skin, but before he could swim out to her, his fiery little honey reached out with one closed fist and socked the stunned normal right square in his jaw.
Prim and proper she might be some of the time, but the rest of the time his soon-to-be mate was a total badass.
