Parasailing with a Sea Lion

By Charlie Richards

Ovram loves his job as the tech guy for World of Aquatica...usually. The only problem is that hiding behind a computer monitor doesn’t give him much of a chance to meet new people. Imagine his surprise when he finds himself drooling over a human even through his screen. Walking into the room the man had occupied reveals why—Sergeant Louis Ferrara is his mate. Too bad the soldier was at their marine park as part of an investigation into a vampire that their shifter pod was hiding—not that Louis knows Price is a vampire.

That means Ovram has to be patient, waiting until after the case is closed to approach Louis. It gives him time to research his human, discreetly delving into his history and military service. What Ovram finds leaves him confused about Fate’s thinking. They don’t have anything in common.

Can Ovram step out of his comfort zone enough to make a connection with his mate? Or will when Louis learns the truth of what had actually happened to Price drive too great a wedge between them?

• Language: English
• Publisher: eXtasy Books Inc
• Release date: Aug 31, 2021
• ISBN: 9781487433536

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World of Aquatica: A sea lion shifter recognizes his mate in a soldier and must get creative to woo him.

Ovram loves his job as the tech guy for World of Aquatica... usually. The only problem is that hiding behind a computer monitor doesn’t give him much of a chance to meet new people. Imagine his surprise when he finds himself drooling over a human even through his screen. Walking into the room the man had occupied reveals why—Sergeant Louis Ferrara is his mate. Too bad the soldier was at their marine park as part of an investigation into a vampire that their shifter pod was hiding—not that Louis knows Price is a vampire.

That means Ovram has to be patient, waiting until after the case is closed to approach Louis. It gives him time to research his human, discreetly delving into his history and military service. What Ovram finds leaves him confused about Fate’s thinking. They don’t have anything in common.

Can Ovram step out of his comfort zone enough to make a connection with his mate? Or will when Louis learns the truth of what had actually happened to Price drive too great a wedge between them?

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Parasailing with a See Lion

Copyright © 2021 Charlie Richards

ISBN: 978-1-4874-3353-6

Cover art by Angela Waters

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Parasailing with a See Lion

Beneath Aquatica’s Waves Book Eleven

By

Charlie Richards

Dedication

Keep life moving forward. Looking backward is only for time travelers.

~Unknown

Chapter One

He’s early. This is the day. Sit back and relax. Push your hair behind your right ear. You’ll do fine.

Reading the text from Graham, Ovram Slingman took a deep breath. His nerves screamed within him even as his animal rumbled with excitement. Ovram wished he could feel as eager as the Steller’s sea lion he shared his psyche with.

Except, Ovram didn’t. As a technology expert and hacker, he’d learned far more about the man Fate had deemed his mate than he probably should have without actually truly meeting him—Sergeant Louis Ferrara. The gorgeous golden-brown-skinned man stood six-foot-two, worked in the military police, and had no family. Ovram longed to tease his palms over his smooth, muscular flesh as well as his shortly buzzed scalp. Thinking of peeling back the man’s uniform—Ovram had yet to see him not in it—he felt a rush of arousal surge through him.

Doing as Graham had urged, Ovram tucked his hair behind his right ear and pushed away from the table. He sat up and straightened his shoulders, reminding himself not to slouch—a bad habit he’d picked up due to all the time he spent in front of a computer. As Ovram tapped his forefinger against his paper coffee cup restlessly, he reminded himself of what made him so nervous.

Louis was an adrenaline junkie.

Ovram had found receipts where he paid for skydiving, hang gliding, bungee jumping, and even the purchase of a wingsuit.

A shifter’s natural instinct was to keep their mate safe. Ovram had no idea how he could do that if his human was constantly putting himself into dangerous situations. On top of that, Ovram hated heights. As a Steller’s sea lion shifter, he much preferred the safety of the water.

Nothing I found online shows that we have anything in common.

After all, Ovram loved sitting at home with a glass of wine in front of his computers. He was a homebody. Part of that stemmed from being a shifter. Ovram had to be careful of who he trusted outside of his pod-mates.

Ovram hardly even bothered heading out for sex. He could people watch via World of Aquatica’s security monitors—the shifter-run marine park where he worked—and find a good candidate to pick up for a quick romp. His success rate at spotting the right person was at eighty-seven percent and getting better.

Well, it was until I realized Louis Ferrara is my mate.

Louis had arrived at World of Aquatica with another member of the military police—Richard—to question Graham about his ex-team-member, Price. The male in question was actually a vampire, but they hadn’t known that. Instead, they’d wanted to bring Price in for questioning about dubious bloodwork.

When Ovram had spotted Louis through his computer screen, he’d just about swallowed his tongue. He hadn’t been certain he was his fated mate until a week later when he’d actually been able to scent him. Ovram had needed to wait even longer to meet the human, since they’d needed to create the ruse of Price’s death to get the military police to stop hunting him.

The jingle of the coffee shop’s door wasn’t what drew Ovram’s attention. Instead, it was the way Louis’s unique, masculine scent almost immediately overpowered the smell of coffee. Ovram’s mouth began to water, and he couldn’t help but eye Louis as he strode past his table toward the counter.

When Louis’s dark-eyed gaze cut Ovram’s way, he felt as if his heart skipped a beat. The dark-featured human kept walking, but his head turned to continue to look at him. Finally, Louis passed him, giving him a small smile before focusing on the barista.

Ovram tried to get his breathing steady even as his blood heated in his veins. Swallowing quickly,