The Merman, My Man by Black Velvet Chapter 48
Unmistakably, my actions were an encouragement to Dicken as his movements sped up. He steadied my waist with one hand while the other lifted the hem of my lab coat.
He admired my lower body that he had lifted right above his. With his lips against my chest, he muttered satisfyingly, “Oh Linda, my Linda.“
I gritted my teeth to prevent myself from releasing any shameful moans. My hand was still fumbling around my sleeve in search of the tranquilizer until I finally had it in my hand.
With trembling fingers, I peeled off the safety cap on the syringe needle and stabbed it into the vial of tranquilizer to extract some. This vial of liquid was now as precious as holy water to me.
I carefully raised the syringe and swung it down toward his neck. But all of a sudden, Dicken’s tail moved, and the world spun around me. In a blink of an eye, Dicken was pressed on top of me. The syringe filled with tranquilizer had accidentally jabbed into my left hand from the sudden motion.
I silently wailed in pain as my left hand started to feel numb. Shortly after, it fell limply. Meanwhile, my right arm could only cling to his neck to steady myself, so I had no way of aiming the syringe at the artery in his neck.
I felt hopeless. Not only did I fail to subdue Dicken, but I also ended up accidentally injecting myself
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: The merman, my man