Chapter Five

"He did not!" Tai said.

"He did," I insisted, my chest aching only a little to talk about King Vaxarion. "He came all over me." I motioned at my chest. "I mean all over me—my arms, my legs, my back, my ass, even my face. And then he fucking rubbed it in !"

"No fucking way. Why would he do that?" Feng demanded. "That's bizarre."

"Maybe it's a Sea Dragon thing," Rel suggested.

"Dunno." I shrugged. "It was after our fifth time. He just kept spurting." I motioned upward from my crotch with my hand. "I'd never seen a man come that much. Fuck, I've never seen that much cum. Stream after stream of the stuff. I don't think he left an inch of my skin uncoated."

"Un-cum-ted!" Rel hooted.

"Sounds like a fruit," Feng said. He grinned and added, "A juicy fruit."

"Hold on," Wei said as he strode over. "Did you say it was after your fifth time? How many times did you fuck?"

"Dunno. Lost count. We fucked until we couldn't move, then we talked a bit, then we fucked until we passed out."

"Shit, Zix!" Wei exclaimed. "Well done."

"It was an incredible night."

"Incredible or not, I'm glad you took off when you did. We should just manage to intercept the Tiger's Claw. And they're rumored to have Rasokain swords, surma from Rosrae, and Zaruian brandy aboard. A take like that could set us up for a year."

"Yeah, but there's the small matter of the Tiger's Claw being a Hulfrin ship," I said, a shiver of unease going through me.

Hulfrin were as fierce as Neraky were rumored to be but you could multiply that by ten when it came to their possessions. And it was a safe bet that they'd consider their cargo their possessions. Unfortunately, that would be the only safe thing about attacking a Hulfrin ship.

"It'll be fine," Wei said. "We'll defeat them before we set foot on their deck. As usual."

"Don't tempt Jingtin," Rel said. "Our god has a perverse sense of humor."

A shiver ran down my spine. Rel was right. It was never a good idea to make such statements before a take. And Jingtin, though known to be a generous god, could never resist smacking down the prideful.