Black Bells by Dawn Napier

Author:Dawn Napier [Napier, Dawn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dawn Napier
Published: 2020-03-27T22:00:00+00:00

"Where am I?" Megan asked.

"It is here, where the world drowns," the mer hissed. Its voice was like water gushing from a tap.

"What is this place called?"

"How stupid not to know the Forgotten Sea!" The mer slapped Megan across her face, and she felt claws rake her cheek. "It might be too stupid to eat."

The Forgotten Sea. Now Megan remembered. Blood from the scratch drifted away into the dark water, and she remembered the fight with Debbie.

It had happened about three weeks after Megan's fall off the pier.

"This is all your fault!" Megan had hissed as soon as the lights went out. Downstairs, they could hear the sounds of their parents silently going about their evening. There was no conversation about their day, none of the usual relaxing chatter that signified a comfortable, healthy relationship. This had been going on for weeks. Megan would even have welcomed the sounds of noisy sex at this point.

"It is not my fault!" Debbie hissed back. "You weren't wearing your life jacket! Daddy said so!"

"Stop calling him Daddy! You sound like a baby. And it is so your fault. You pushed me in the fucking water!"

A gasp and then silence from the bottom bunk. Megan had uttered the Word of Words, and Debbie was shocked into silence. She was angrily glad.

I'd like to push you into the water, Megan had thought. Push you into the Forgotten Sea and forget about you. The sharks and mermaids would eat you up. If Mom divorces Dad after this, it will be all your fault and you'd deserve it.

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