I didn’t know what else to say to Julian, and he likely felt the same. So we both continued to watch the dancers. On the other side of the banquet room, Nicholas and the Queen were swimming upwards as they talked.
I wasn’t the only one who noticed. Bridget’s attentions seemed fixed on Nicholas now, as she began to dance more provocatively with her merfolk partner. Suddenly her arms were around the merfolk’s shoulders. She gave her hips a wider sway.
All the while, she watched Nicholas. All the while, he was entirely oblivious, speaking with the Queen.
The longer it went on, the more Bridget’s bottom lip pouted.
“Her dance partner is going to get the wrong idea,” Julian said. “Too much physical contact could be interpreted in a s****l way, especially if she touches… his gills…”
Just as
