The sharks hovered and swam past the glass, back and forth, back and forth. Jo watched them out of the corner of her eye and grinned. Leon was right. Animals sense it too. His power seemed to radiate from him like an invisible force field. She hadn't really paid that much attention to it since they had met. The pull and electricity between them was always apparent between them. She couldn't seem to take her eyes off of him, let alone stay away from him.

When Leon grinned at her and said they made a good team she nearly melted. This hard and cold god truly cared for her. She didn't think she could ever feel this much happiness and love for one person. As the dinner came to a close, the wait staff brought out plates of cake on rolling trays. Jo snagged a chocolate one from one of the passing trays and popped a forkful into her mouth. Closing her eyes, she sighed. 'They make the best cakes ever. These come from a small bakery in downtown. I love them!" She grinned and wiped the chocolate frosting from her lip. 

The music started playing softly in the background as people got up and started to mingle again and walk through the silent auction that had been set up while they were all eating. Jo put her fork and empty plate down and stood up. "Come on. I want to show you something." She grabbed his wrist and pulled him through a small door in the far right corner of the room. It led to a narrow hallway that was lit by bright florescent lights. She pushed open a set of grey double doors on the right side of the hall and flipped on the lights.

More florescent lights hummed to life and flickered on reluctantly. Inside the room was large and open and similar to that of a large garage. A giant pool dominated the center of the room. It was sunken into the floor a few feet, yet still stood at least 6 foot off the ground. A wooden set of stairs led to a pier that went a few yards over the water. Jo led the way up the stairs and made a sweeping motion with her arms.

"These are my manatees. There are 6 here now. We just released 3 back into the wild last week. Most of them are here because they were caught in nets or hit by passing boats that weren't paying attention." She knelt down and put her hand in the water and splashed a few times. A large grey nose emerged from the water and snorted a few droplets as it took a breath. A large pink scar marred the right side of it's face and it's right eye was white and clouded over.

"This is Myrtle. She has been here for 3 months now, but I don't think she will be able to be released. She has no vision in her right eye and is missing a large portion of her right fin. We think she was cut by a propeller and then tangled in a fishing net, but we aren't for sure." Jo stroked the manatee's nose affectionately. After a few moments, she stood back up and wrapped her arms around Leon's waist. "These are my goldfish," she teased, "They are bigger than most and seem like cows, but I love them." She scrunched her face up and giggled.