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Rikki needed to be honest with him. Well as honest in regard to this, not being a mermaid. She tangled her fingers in his hair and gently brought his head up so their eyes met. “I’ve only done this with one other man.”
Macbeth was too honest for the pleasure not to show on his face. Of course, had he been able, he would have been her first, but this was what there was for them. He nodded, kissed her, then said, "I would never hurt you."