Breakwater by Catherine Jones Payne

Author:Catherine Jones Payne [Payne, Catherine Jones]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: social tensions, mermaid tales, Greek mythology, mermaid fiction, mermaids, YA fantasy, paranormal, naiads, coming of age
ISBN: 9781946693020
Publisher: Fathom Ink Press
Published: 2017-05-30T04:00:00+00:00

For once, luck proved to be on my side. The house was quiet when I returned. I carefully locked the door behind me and decided to pick up the drawing I’d started of Kiki weeks ago. I had just finished the shading on her fins when I heard a thunk come from the level above me.

I froze. That’s odd. Is Mother home after all?

I set down my scrib and listened more closely. I thought I heard a slight swish, like a fin flicking through the water. I darted into the kitchen and looked for anything I could use to protect myself.

I grabbed a knife with shaking hands. Just in case. Better exiled than dead.

I stared at the entrance to the corridor, the knife in my hand. Several more heartbeats passed with no sign of danger.

I felt silly. But then I shook my head. I might have imagined the fin, but I hadn’t imagined the sound of something falling. I shifted the knife from hand to hand, wondering if I should stay there, armed, or flee the house.

Surely it’s nothing. It’s Mother or Pippa or Benjamin. But I was too petrified to call out.

The silence lingered another minute.

Then Cassian burst out of the corridor and into the room.

Time stretched out, and I saw each detail in precise, unforgiving clarity as he jolted toward me. His tight jaw. The tension lines around his eyes. A smooth scar running from his ribs down to his scales. If he carried a blade of his own, it was well concealed.

I didn’t have the presence of mind to scream. When he grabbed my wrists, the knife in my hand sank to the floor.

He shoved me against the wall. “Where is it?”

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