Making Waves (Lords of the Abyss Book 5) by Michelle M. Pillow

Author:Michelle M. Pillow [Pillow, Michelle M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Raven Books LLC
Published: 2018-02-05T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Married.

Victoria glanced at her husband. He hadn’t stopped grinning at her since the moment he’d brought her to breakfast in the palace dining hall, told everyone his intentions, and then proclaimed they were married. It wasn’t exactly the white dress and twelve-tier cake that many girls dreamed of, but then, not many girls married a shapeshifting merman in the city of Atlantes. His smile was infectious, and she found herself blushing and giggling like a giddy teenager on her first date.

A group of them walked beyond the palace, into the countryside toward Demon’s second home. Brutus and Laurel came with them, as did Demon’s younger brother, Rigel. They all appeared eager to draw her attention to the details of their surroundings as if her wonder could somehow make their home less ordinary.

For some reason, Victoria had not expected to walk out of the palace on foot. She didn’t expect to swim either. For a people who’d lived so long, she thought surely they’d have some kind of vehicle to show for it. But, they had no horses, no mechanical engines, only carts that they pulled by hand.

The palace sat on a large hill and opened to the valley city of Atlas. The path from the door to the city was a dirt trail, cut by the endless passing of sandaled feet. The city itself was laid out on a grid system as if someone had measured the distance between streets and placed houses and shops next to each other like building blocks. The only curve was the circular road in the middle of town.

Although such orderly lines appeared militant in their precise design, the structures bespoke of artistic mastery. The walls around the city were blue glazed stones with yellow lines running horizontally through them. Images of sea creatures were carved into pieces of stone, etched on doorways, and tiled into the walls. There were very few people outside, and she was told this was because it was early in the morning.

“So beautiful,” Victoria sighed, stopping to touch a carved fish.

“We Merr have nothing if not the time to perfect our trades,” Rigel answered. “You should ask Demon to show you his paintings.”

“You paint?” Victoria turned her attention to her new husband. What else would she discover about him? “What?”

“The mural in the bedroom,” Laurel offered.

“You painted that?” Victoria thought back to the mermaid she’d seen on his wall.

“It is a hobby,” Demon dismissed. “To pass the many hours.”

“You’re very talented,” she said. The compliment seemed to bring him much pleasure.

“He is blessed that you think so,” Rigel teased.

Rigel was a lighter version of his brothers. His dark hair was not quite black, and his eyes were gray. He was slighter in stature and lighter of step.

The outside was not as she would have imagined. The sky was dark, as she remembered the ocean being, yet it was light within the dome. As they walked, she noticed the brothers fell into a natural formation—Rigel in the front, Brutus falling back to the left, Demon a few paces behind him to the right.

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