Balanced Scales by Laura Greenwood

Author:Laura Greenwood [Greenwood, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Laura Greenwood

Chapter Twelve

Sitting on my bed wasn't exactly the way I'd expected this night to end. If things had gone to plan, I'd maybe even have been swimming home, triumphant in having saved the souls and earning back the affection of the other mer. Though I wasn't entirely convinced I'd lost it anyway. It could just be Demetra's memories making me think I had.

I shuddered. Would I get more of her memories once I closed my eyes? I hoped not. Mostly because I didn't want there to be more secrets I needed to know, and partly because I didn't want to see certain situations including dad.

Shelbie pushed her head under my hand, no doubt urging me to scratch behind her ears. I did, staring at the wall absentmindedly and trying to work out what I was going to do about the situation. Technically, I knew where the souls were being hidden, and I knew that I needed to break whatever it was containing them. If I could make my way back to the warehouse, then I should be able to do this without anyone's help.

But that could mean betraying Erickson. He'd done a lot to help me, could I really just abandon him? Then again, Aaron had said I couldn't trust him. Perhaps there was something in that.

A part of me was curious though. I wanted to know what was in the warehouse and no one was telling me. Even if I quizzed Erickson for the details, I doubted he'd tell me. And Aaron had clearly not investigated any further than I had.

Fine. That was it. I would go and investigate the warehouse and nothing more than that. I could then report back to Erickson and seem like I was being helpful and not mistrustful. Of course, the other option would be that I would get caught and turned into magic, but it was better if I didn't consider that too closely.

"Come on girl." I patted my leg the moment I'd jumped to my feet. Shelbie followed, leaping off the bed with grace I definitely envied. "We're going to have to be quiet, though," I warned her.

Her huge eyes met mine, and I could have sworn she nodded. I gave her a weak smile. This wasn't very well thought out and was foolhardy at best, but it was something I had to do.

I pulled the door open, hoping it wasn't going to squeak or otherwise make too much noise. It would be almost impossible to explain what I was doing if I was caught.

The hallway was dark. Probably because Erickson hadn't considered that I might want to run away in the middle of the night. That suited me just fine. If he didn't expect me to go anywhere, then I could be there and back before he knew about it. At least I hoped that would do something to assuage the guilt inside me for disappearing.

Shelbie walked silently behind me, the seriousness of the situation not lost on her. It would be comical if I wasn't so fixated on getting out of here without waking anyone up.

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