CHAPTER 25
Lillith and Maya were in the watch tower, gazing out over the harbor, when Montayva joined them.
'Wont be long now' Lillith pointed to the shimmering lights far out on the horizon. It was still the early hours of the morning, and complete darkness curtained the bay. But the few small lights still far out to sea, indicated the ship that was scheduled to anchor at dawn was on time.
'Well, guess I had better start waking the others' Maya's excitement was contagious, and Lillith chuckled wickedly.
'Finally! We will be rid of this frigid damn hole!' Lillith began to follow the blue haired siren. 'Will you be right here kiddo?'
'Yeah, sure' Montayva said quickly. Once the other two were gone, she returned to the seat overlooking the bay. She was still shaken at last nights events. What had happened She couldn't blame Mordecai, she herself had obviously invoked some sort of response from him. And besides that, she was that one that had crawled into his bed. Had her subconscious somehow taken a hold of what she had encountered previously to entering Mordecai's bed? But deep down she knew there was more to it than that. She was so lost in her thoughts, that she didn't hear the figure approaching, and she jumped when a hand was placed on her shoulder.
Mordecai didn't say anything, he only drew up the other chair, and joined her silently. Only moments had passed, but it had felt like hours.
'I'm sorry' Montayva said quietly, not shifting her gaze from the small flickering lights in the distance. Mordecai sighed.
'I feel like I should be the one to say sorry' He admitted.
'You? What for?' She questioned. Mordecai leaned forward, also avoiding eye contact.
'Well,' he stammered 'For violating you. I dont know. I just feel like I did something I probably shouldn't have' Montayva felt his confusion, and it only fueled her own.
'Ha, its not your fault I came to your bed' She felt the heat of her embarrassment spread across her cheeks, and was thankful it was dark. He didn't reply, obviously waiting for an explanation of why she had come to his bed in the first place, 'I'm not, well... I've never...'
'Done that before? The fact that you're a virgin made that pretty obvious' He shrugged, it wasn't the issue at hand.
'But how?' she began, not really knowing how to frame her questions without sounding so forward.
'Well, do you really want me to explain how I discovered that?' He asked, almost laughing.
'No, I guess not. It doesn't matter' She spoke quietly, and Mordecai thought she sounded close to tears. Now he really felt lousy. Montayva didn't want him to think it was his fault. 'I dont blame you' She added, and he met her gaze in the dim light of the tower. She could feel his swirling pit of emotions, confusion at the foremost thought of it all.
'We dont need to talk about the hows or whys of it all' He suggested, reaching across to place a reassuring hand on her knee. She smiled. It was his turn to cross the bridge, to reach out and help someone else. The thought comforted Montayva somewhat, despite her current embarrassment. It had somehow changed something within the hunter, to bring him further out of the cocoon he had buried himself in. She covered his hand with her own, and they sat in silence for a long while, each contemplating past, present and future.
'Sorry there Mordy!' Brick laughed as he clambered onto the towers platform. Mordecai had bought his chair up close to the young sirens, and he had looped his arm around her shoulders. The first rays of dawn were peaking over the oceans horizon. 'Didn't mean to interrupt your romantic sunrise' Brick laughed by himself, finding it highly amusing somehow.
'You aint interrupting nothin, man' Mordecai shrugged and didn't bother removing his arm.
'Lillith sent me.' He informed them 'She wants an update' He shrugged, peering out to where the speck on an object gradually grew into the shape of a ship.
'Well I reckon by sun-up, should be just about ready to dock' He tweaked his goatee with his free hand, and jolted stiffly. Brick appeared to be unawares of the hunters sudden reaction, but Montayva looked at him quizzically. Mordecai didn't answer, but only fought to keep the smirk emerging on his face.
'I'll let her know' Brick said carelessly, though they could tell he was growing impatient.
'Dont worry, big guy. Time'll come soon enough for fighting' Mordecai assured him.
'Ha!' Brick laughed and slapped Mordecai playfully on the back. 'I can understand why you're in no hurry' Brick just winked at Mordecai as if Montayva wasn't even present. 'I'll leave you to it' He wiggled his eyebrows suggestively before he left, and Montayva almost laughed at the funny sight of it.
'He means no harm' Mordecai defended the big brute.
'I know.' Montayva said 'I can feel it' She tapped her temple with her forefinger. 'What I wanna know is whats wrong with you?' Mordecai knew what she meant before she even finished asking the question. He had fought to keep the image from his mind, but her returning to the subject left him no choice. He glanced down at his hand, as did Montayva, and flexed his fingers. She felt the wave of lust surge to the forefront of his mind, and immediately she wished she hadn't asked. He chuckled slightly.
'Still smells like you' He was treated with a swift elbow in the ribs, and he grunted in surprise. 'hey, you asked!'
