Demonic Pornstar System novel Chapter 1050

Chapter 1050: No Longer Graceful

Kaiden tightened his arms around Yunohana as the yacht slid away behind their tender. The bow lifted, silver light flashed beneath the hull, and the little boat leaped forward over the water.

Yunohana’s laughter reached him through the rush of wind.

"Quite right! A little tighter, if you will!"

He braced his feet on either side of hers, grinning against her hair while the boat accelerated.

Who knew this woman could be such a wild one?

The ward split the spray ahead of them, sending white sheets of water past the rails. Air rushed over the windscreen. Loose black strands whipped against his cheek, and he turned his face enough to keep breathing without eating half her hair.

"How’s my bravery doing?" he asked.

"I would give it a moment before forming an opinion."

She turned the wheel.

The boat banked hard to the right, its lower rail skimming above the water while blue runes blazed along that side of the hull. Kaiden shifted with her, keeping his hold around her middle as the stabilizers carried them through the turn.

"Now this is it!" Yunohana laughed, pressing back against him.

The horizon tilted past Yunohana’s shoulder. Then she straightened the wheel, and they shot out across open water with a long white curve marking their passage behind them.

"Holy shit."

"Was that a favorable review?"

"Extremely."

Her laughter broke loose again.

Yunohana eased her thumb off the control, letting the tender coast while she swept her hair out of her face.

"Where did you learn to do this?" Kaiden asked. "Did you grow up around fishermen or something?"

"Fishermen?"

"You seem very comfortable behind that wheel. I thought there might be a story."

She glanced back at him, her lips curving.

"Oh, no. I simply like fast things."

Kaiden looked down at the console, then at the white trail stretching behind them.

"How fast can this go?"

"Would you like me to show you?"

"...I was thinking it might be near its top speed...?"

Her delighted giggle made him tighten his hold before she even touched the control.

"You thought I borrowed this lovely little boat to catch fish?" Yunohana laughed as she pressed her thumb down. The bow rose, and Kaiden braced against the padded support as the tender surged beneath his feet.

"God damn."

The wind snatched the words out of his mouth. Water raced past the rail, so close he could have reached down and touched it, while Yunohana leaned into a sweeping turn.

Kaiden moved with her, looking past her shoulder as their own wake came rushing toward them. She straightened the wheel just before they reached it.

The bow struck the ridge of white water and lifted. For a breath, the whole hull cleared the sea, leaving Kaiden’s stomach behind.

"What have you done to the most graceful of women I’ve ever met?"

"Is reality disappointing?"

"Hell no."

She kept the bow straight as they landed. Blue light flared beneath the hull, the stabilizers catching its sideways roll while spray burst against the ward and streamed over their heads.

Kaiden’s startled laugh joined hers. His arms were locked around her waist, and her hair flew everywhere. She was thoroughly pleased with herself.

This morning, she had been sitting beside him so elegantly that he worried about disturbing her dress. Now she was launching them over the fucking sea.

To put things lightly, Kaiden really, really liked this woman.

"Still comfortable back there?" she called.

"Yeah. Gotta say, I’m learning interesting things about you very quickly."

Yunohana glanced at his hands clasped across her stomach, then smiled out over the water.

"Then this has been a productive date."

...

By the time Yunohana eased the tender down to a gentler pace, the yacht had become a white shape in the distance behind them.

Kaiden loosened his hold enough to let her turn within his arms. Her hair lay across one eye as she looked up at him, breathless with laughter.

"Well?" she asked. "Have I suffered terribly?"

He inspected the wind-tangled strands, the open jacket, and the delighted face beneath them.

"Devastating damage. I’m afraid I’ll have to keep looking at you until I manage to get used to it."

"How unfortunate."

She made no attempt to move away. The boat drifted while Kaiden tucked her hair behind her ear, taking care around the earring Bastet had chosen.

Yunohana held still for him, her smile growing as he freed a strand caught behind the earring.

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