Escape to Sirens Gate: Sirens Gate Books 1-3 by M.L. Bullock

Author:M.L. Bullock [Bullock, M.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-08-22T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six—Nik

Strong Tide

My route home took me past Cruise’s house. It was closer to the East End and was more secluded. I liked his little place, although he didn’t invite me to visit him often. He had a living room covered with nothing but vintage motorcycle tags. The weird thing was he never owned a bike, but he talked about them a lot. I paused under the cedar trees behind his house. Maybe I should knock on that door. His police car was there, and I could see lights on in his living room.

With my siren hearing, I heard him strumming his shabby guitar, trying to find the right chord. He wasn’t doing too well, but that wasn’t anything unusual. I smiled as I listened to him butcher Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven.

“God—you’re really bad at that. This is the chord you want,” I heard the other person correct him. “Let me show you.” It was a woman’s pretty voice. She must have known what she was doing because now the old guitar played like an entirely different instrument.

I didn’t wait to hear what came next. No wonder I hadn’t heard a peep from Cruise in the past twenty-four hours. He had someone else keeping him busy. Probably one of these college girls who came down for the fishing rodeo. I never thought of Cruise as a two-timer, but he was human. And that was his biggest flaw. I slipped back into the cover of the cedar trees and followed the sandy path back to my house. It didn’t take me long to get there, and nobody bothered me. No evil vampires jumped out to grab me. Was Lily even for real with that? Maybe the vampires didn’t have anything to do with Antoinette’s death after all. Kicking off my shoes and pulling off my shorts, I stood at the water’s edge.

Just because I missed her, I whispered her name.

Meri…Meri, let’s swim.

No answer. Only Springer barking in the house behind me. And that was another thing. Why was Springer here? I needed to let go and leave some of these questions at the bottom of the ocean. I walked into the water and quietly slipped under the waves. They were raucous and white. That meant that somewhere nearby, Oceanids were stirring up the deepest parts of the ocean. There was a strong tide running tonight, which was good. It meant only the strong ones would venture out into the water. I swam out past the jetty, past the rocks that Meri liked to haunt.

Meri…I called into the darkness. I heard nothing. No waves of love. No joy. But on the fringes I felt something else. Another mermaid—no, two mermaids—swam near, and they were watching me. Observing me. Listening to me, and closely.

I am looking for Meri…I said in my mind, hoping they would swim closer. I dared not go to them. Not all of mermaid-kind were as friendly as Meri. They did not respond but turned quickly away, obviously surprised that I had detected them so easily.

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