Autumn Mermaid (Mermaid Series Book 4) by Glover Dan

Author:Glover, Dan [Glover, Dan]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Lost Doll Publishing Company
Published: 2015-09-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 40—Marooned

Something wasn’t right.

Kirk had always been gentle with her, even when she was just a child. Another boy might have taken advantage of the situation—of being alone with her in a secluded place—though she didn’t learn of that until much later when one actually did.

"I need you, my precious Luciana... I require you to help me."

"I am yours forever, my eternal Kirk. Come home to me."

He came to her now nearly each night in fitful dreams where she felt cold and isolated, as if she'd been marooned on a distant island far from any friends or family. His voice was so sharp that each time he spoke she felt like putting a finger to her auditory organs to see if they might be bleeding.

"You alone have the power to break the spell that has settled over your precious lover, Kirk. When he comes for you, as he will, you must be ready to send him back to the darkness from which he has issued."

He seemed like two people... one, the loving husband and doting father she remembered... the other, something darkly sinister, even foreboding, something conjured out of nightmares that she never had the audacity to dream.

The first person spoke in niceties, telling her how much he still loved her, and that he would once again be in her arms if only... it was then the second man of darkness seemed to barge into the conversation, demanding things of her that Kirk would have never asked.

What he asked was unthinkable. Upon awakening she told herself the dreams must be indicative of some deep-seated psychological need she was feeling... abandonment, perhaps, or the want to simply talk to another living being.

She had been alone too long. At first, she insisted upon privacy. She told the others it was her right to mourn in her own fashion. She remembered hurtling angry words at those who loved her most in what she now saw as a misguided effort at driving them away.

When everyone finally did her bidding, she was sorry. It hurt far more to be alone than it ever did with others to share her grief. Luciana told herself she could leave too, perhaps go back to Toulon or perhaps Orchardton Hall... but admitting she was wrong would somehow cost far more than staying at the Isle of Skye, no matter how lonely she was.

"What can I do, my sweet Kirk? I don't understand what you're doing here. Tell me how I can help you. You know I'll do anything."

Rather than answering, the man turned his back to her as he walked off into the gathering gloom. She found it strange that his body shape was so different than she remembered. Even the nuances of his voice had changed.

It had to be the mounting of the years that caused the dissonance that she felt. Still, she couldn’t help but notice this figure wasn’t like Kirk at all. Instead, it reminded her of a man she had met only briefly... a man that her mother Ena had called Father.

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