Arise by Amber Garr

Author:Amber Garr
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Mermaids, paranormal romance, selkies, young adult series
Publisher: Amber Garr
Published: 2012-08-19T08:58:00+00:00

Thirteen

Kain

Leaving her hurt worse than being skewered by Lucian’s sword. I wasn’t even sure how I walked away from her at all. There must have been a part of me that knew this was what needed to be done, otherwise I surprised myself with my actions.

And what about the way she responded to me? I still couldn’t believe what had happened. My heart swelled with love just thinking about her lips. For so long, I wanted this for us. And for so long I feared that it was a lost cause. But now it was really happening. We had a chance to make our lives fit together in every sense of the word and I could barely hold back the grin on my face.

Then it hit me. How could I leave her when I felt so strongly? When she felt so strongly? I had to go back.

I turned away from the surf and made it a few steps before stopping. No. I needed to trust that she knew what had to be done. She wasn’t injured and she swore he wouldn’t do anything to harm her. She was his daughter after all.

His daughter. That still didn’t sit right with me, and I hoped that I could find out more from Graham. Lucian Sutherland had to be the most obnoxious, repulsive merman of us all and Eviana was part of his own flesh and blood. It was frightening to think about. But I also knew Eviana as a person, as a leader, and a friend. They may share the same blood, but she most certainly was not her father’s daughter.

Just before reaching the water, I saw several heads beyond the breaking waves. Troy beckoned me to hurry up, but one of the seals swam closer to the shore. I watched him look up and down the beach and then glare at me. Before he slid out of his fur, I knew that Brendan wasn’t happy.

“Where is she?” he demanded. “Where. Is. She?” This time, it was accompanied by a not so subtle push against my shoulders. I stumbled back and tried to catch myself, causing me to realize that most of the pain from my injury was finally gone. “If you left her there, I swear I will kill you!”

“She has a plan,” I said, holding my hand up to warn him away. “We have to trust her.”

“How can you say that?” Brendan ran toward me, his green eyes glimmering with rage. “I have to get her!”

“No, you don’t. She won’t go with you.” I watched his face curl in disgust.

“Just like she wouldn’t go with you?”

“She doesn’t want to see you and I know what I’m doing.” It took every ounce of respect I had for Eviana not to get in his face. He had no right dictating Eviana’s life.

“You don’t know shit,” he spat. Moving so that we were inches apart, he pushed his finger into my chest. “Just because she was happy to see you tonight does not mean she will want anything to do with you later.

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