Making Waves by Fennell Judi

Author:Fennell, Judi
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mythology, greek mythology, ocean, atlantis, new jersey, disney, jersey shore, mermaids, fish, circus, marina, selkies, bermuda, mermen, in over her head, catch of a lifetime, wild blue under
Publisher: Mergenie Books

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Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no…

Angel started paddling her arms in the opposite direction and kicked her tail in long strokes, ignoring the pain as hundreds of scales ripped from her to iridescently sparkle in the water, and a thin line of blood ribboned from the wound over her shoulder.

Harry picked up the scent. She saw it in his eyes. They rounded forward, his mouth opening enough for her to see those teeth…

He swished closer.

She was dragged backwards.

Death or discovery, her future hung in the balance.

“Harry, please, bite the line. I know my brother will give you a reward for saving me. For protecting the Mer race. You’ll be a hero.”

“Aw, cut the crap, princess. We’ve been that route—Vincent got squat when he saved your brother. What use do I have for a reward? Now, a big hunk of dinner? Yeah, that’ll satisfy me much longer than any treasure your people could offer.” He swam closer, one side of that head angled toward the line of blood still streaming from her tail.

“Harry, you can’t eat me. It’s against the law. When word gets back, they’ll hunt you down. You know my brother. He’s the High Councilman. He’ll never let you get away with it.” She twisted to the left, hoping to unhook the barb, but all she succeeded in doing was opening the wound more, digging the steel in more.

Harry stopped. His bottom set of teeth came out to gnaw on the skin by his upper jaw, leaving a mangled jumble of flesh where it’d once been smooth.

Eww. That could be her.

“Harry, I’ll put in a good word for you.” Not that it’d do any good, but still… she couldn’t just float here and wait to be eaten. She twisted the other way, hoping to loosen the hook, all the while fighting the backwards drag on her tail.

Harry wanted representation on The Oceanic Council, but when sharks had had it in the past, the chondrichthyes hadn’t been able to keep their jaws to themselves, destroying the harmony in Atlantis. She didn’t see her brother letting them back onto the governing body again anytime soon.

“You’re right about your brother, princess. The guy’s worse than a remora for stick-to-it-ness. Besides, if I let the Humans have you, think how much better that’d be for me,” Harry said. “For sharks.”

Angel flapped her tail up and down, her powerful muscles churning the water and stalling her retreat, but the hook didn’t budge. “What do you mean?”

“If they get one look at you, they’re going to forget all about studying sharks, or hunting us. Mers would be much bigger fish for them to catch. Not to mention how many more Humans there will be combing the seas. Hmmm… lunch.” He scratched the side of his head with his tail fin. “Yeah, I think I’m going to let that happen. And I’ll hang out here just to make sure.”

His mien was morbid as the grin stretched again from one end of that rectangle to the other without a single shard of laughter in his cold, black, dead eyes.

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