15 - Crisis
Æquana lay in the dark and listened to the sound of the hotel room"s air conditioner rumble on. Faintly in the distance, she detected a distant car horn and a passing siren.
Talon rolled over, and a hand reached out to cover her belly. His strong arm slid her across the sheets and into his embrace where he nuzzled the back of her ear.
"Can"t sleep?"
She took a shaky breath. "I"m sorry, John."
"Sorry for what?"
"For revealing my secret to them."
"So that"s why you were so quiet on the way back to the hotel," he observed. He kissed the back of her head, then sniffed it. "I can still smell the chlorine. Are you sure you"re okay? I know how that stuff can burn."
She nodded. "I"ll be fine. It takes a couple of days for the smell to go away. John, do you think their wives wil
