Between the Land and the Sea

EPILOGUE

Excerpt from book two in the series:

The Moon And The Tide

The noise picked up again as the helicopter departed, leaving an eerie silence in its wake. I was all alone, stranded in the vast blue Aegean. I swam around aimlessly for a while, circling the small island. The euphoria I’d experienced swimming as a mermaid wasn’t nearly as strong this time; it was overshadowed by an intense loneliness that was like a great crushing pain in my heart. I wanted Ethan and my father, and I was having a difficult time thinking straight. I laid down on the sea floor, sobbing in confusion, my mind clouded with hazy muddled sorrow.

I drifted off to sleep on a bed of sea grass, dreaming of walking through a dense green forest holding hands with Ethan. When I woke it was pitch black, and I held my glowing hands before my eyes in wonder, examining the fine mesh of webbing that had grown between my fingers. I felt better after my sleep, and I stretched out my spine, amazed at the way my backbone ran all the way down to the end of my fin.

Working hard to think rationally, I began circling the island again to look for a suitable spot to transform and come ashore. I would be naked, alone, and on an unknown island where I didn’t speak the language. Most people in Europe knew some English, I just hoped I could get to a phone and contact Evie without any trouble. I wondered if Dad had already called her and told her the truth.

The sky was rosy with dawn when I settled on a small cove that had a path leading up to a little whitewashed house. If I could just find a towel or a blanket maybe I could say I fell off a boat or something... I was swimming back and forth, working up to it, fearful of what might happen. I thought about the attack at the point and was suddenly terrified. I submerged, deciding to circle the island one more time while I worked up my courage.

“Sister! Where did you come from?”

Every hair on my head stood up as I turned toward the first voice I had heard since my father’s. I hovered in the water in shock for a moment, beholding one of the most astounding sights of my entire life.

It was another mermaid, smiling in surprise with wide innocent eyes that were a familiar shade of light icy blue.

She looked exactly like Evie.

Marina’s story continues…

The Moon And The Tide

Marina’s Tales #2

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