Free Vacation Hell: Princess of Hell #4 by Eve Langlais

you?” I shook my head. “No. You started this, and I want to know why you’ve been invading my dreams and making me crave the ocean. It’s really not nice, especially considering I can’t stand seafood.” Although, given he did appear quite appetizing, I might make an exception in his case.
    I didn’t need my father cringing in disgust to know the guy spoke the truth when he said, “I assure you, it was not I invading your dreams, but you were commandeering mine. And I demand that you stop.”
    “No, you stop.”
    “No, you.”
    “You.”
    “You.”
    It might have gone on for a while if, with every yell, we hadn’t taken a step closer and closer and closer until the last word was swallowed in a kiss.
    Oh dear.
    Oh yes.
    His soft lips slanted over mine, and my awareness blossomed, a new part of me awakening and unfolding much like the petals on a flower kissed by morning sun. My senses opened and drew in a wondrous new essence, one with the crisp, cool of water, the salty tang of the sea, and a wildness of crashing waves.
    I wanted more. More. More—
    He broke the kiss and stepped away, his breathing harsh, his eyes glittering. “What are you? Who are you?”
    How could he not know? Was my marketing team truly not tapping all the markets, including the aquatic ones? I drew myself up, every inch of me regal, even in my T-shirt that said, Delicate Freakn’ Flower. “I am Satana Muriel Baphomet.”
    While he might not have recognized the face, he knew the name. “The devil’s daughter. Fuck.”
    And with those words, water dude spun on a heel and ran back to the waves. I might have protested his hasty departure except the view of his flexing buttocks proved quite hypnotizing. I stared at the rolling waves long after he disappeared from sight, and I might have stared longer had I not heard a bellow.
    “MURIEL!”
    It seemed Auric found out I was gone, and the tinkle of glass let me know someone wasn’t happy about it.

Chapter Six
    “ M uriel !” Again I heard the sweet, bellowed sound of my name. No matter how many times my angelic consort might yell, it never failed to tickle me. I trained my gaze to the sky, once again dark, as the mysterious light vanished with my sea visitor.
    Still, being half demonic gave me some ability, and with a flick of my hand, a faint luminance lit the sky overhead. A sea breeze lifted a tendril and teased it past my cheek, yet I didn’t allow it to distract me from the aerial predator gliding on a current, arrowing rapidly toward me. My fallen angel approached upon shadowy wings, sporting a fearsome scowl.
    I waved. “Hi, honey.” It seemed stupid to pretend I wasn’t there. He’d obviously noticed my absence in bed. The least I could do was reassure him. “I’m okay.” Then drive him crazy. “The guy you’re looking for went that way.” I pointed toward the mockingly calm ocean.
    A roar of rage was the reply as my angry angel banked on his gossamer wings of gray, crisscrossing the still sea, looking for a merman long gone.
    And what would you have done if your sea visitor had stayed? Auric would have gone after him for sure. He’d gotten so protective since the debacle with Lilith. He might have ripped into the merman without asking questions. The thing I had to wonder was, what would I have done? A part of me seemed to think I would have intervened. For a stranger?
    Not a stranger if he’s mine.
    With thoughts like that lurking about, it was best the stranger had left. Better for us both, seeing as how calming Auric down took some doing. I caught some of his cursing. The words carried to me on the light sea breeze.
    “I can’t believe we were taken unawares. Fuck! Fuck!” He whistled through the air, seeking something to vent on. But there was just little ol’ me, and even the thrust of my bare butt in the air didn’t tempt him for a spanking.
    Sighing, I straightened and let the hem of my shirt cover me. If I wasn’t going to get some angry sex, or any