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"Not crazy in love with you like beyonce will sing, but the not so good kind. When he was a little kid, he was placed in foster care because they found him wandering around on some beach and the parents were obviously nowhere to be found. He was up here mixing with the wrong kind and then his family obviously rejected him as they though we spoiled him, but he's only been allowed to return home now because his eldest sister is in control so from the goodness of her heart, he's been allowed to return home. Fish freaks all of them, but don't be too fretful about the smell." Mario moved closer and used his finger to coax Yuliya to look into his face. "Don't worry about a thing, I'll make sure that you're never alone with him ever again. I have from very secure sources that they are all being watched by the government and you know I always tell you that I don't want the government in my taxes. I never want to be on that extra list where the question me on the flight so for us to keep all the suspicion away from us you need to make sure that I am always there when you talk, ok my love?"

Yuliya nodded quickly. Although she had never had the privilege or the social position where she could feel comfortable being introduced to the Afurus, she had always paid attention to the gossip cop section that played after her local news. There had been much excitement when a delegation from the underwater kingdoms had decided to come ashore and show themselves off to the world. Then from watching trashy history channel documentaries, she was happy to see that the Afurus had been the diplomats between the two worlds to countless civilizations that had risen and fallen. Mario's uncle had been very interested in these documentaries and often Yuliya had to sit by politely eating her dinner as he roared on about how ridiculous it was.

The Afurus were always invited to many prominent functions so they were in the backgrounds of important dignitaries photographs and always there at the right place at the right time. Although it was strange to now think there was a whole set of countries underwater as there was on land, Yuliya didn't mind as they didn't seem to care much about what was going on up there. Although she wanted to ask about his water parts, truly Kai Afuru had felt and seemed like a perfectly ordinarily shaped being, he was nice to look at, but not in a way that was alien to Yuliya as she had been around a lot of models in Egypt.

Mario was always hot and sweating when he held her hand, but Afuru's hand had been like placing her hand on a cool air conditioner that calmed her mind in a very pleasurable way that made her want to feel it again. The coldness of her previous marriage had always chilled her, even though initially she had been quite happy with her prince. As he moved on to women that his parents had preferred, she always knew if she could close the distance she would have her magic back. Here she had felt this gap with Mario, but knew that he would be reachable and kind to her, however, she was not led by passion. Her heart would always belong to the prince, not with anyone else. But still why did she feel butterflies with such a strange and dangerous person that she had never met before? She had almost moaned when he lips had brushed against her ear. Her blood was still close to boiling now as the thought brought a faint blush to her face.

She touched her cheeks and reminded herself that she would not fall to temptation. Kai Afuru was complicated. Mario Vasko was simple. This was why she wore his ring because she had promised herself that she would live simply again. Her sanity depended on it.