Merfolk's Mate: His Piratical Harem by Drake LaMarque

Author:Drake LaMarque [LaMarque, Drake]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grey Kelpie Studio
Published: 2019-12-06T00:00:00+00:00

I dreamed I was back on the Trinity Royal, standing out on the deck in the night, the stars above me and a cool wind blowing in my hair.

Across the deck, Captain Thornton stood, his back straight and his chin jutted out, the box from his office desk clutched in his hands. Light poured out from the lid as it opened on its own. The wind turned more violent, whipping my face.

I moved closer to him, called out as loud as I could. “Captain! Don’t open it!”

A dark laugh echoed over the deck - a voice I knew. Not the Captain’s… Not Tate’s…

“Get out of here, Gideon,” it said.

“Solomon,” I hissed. I looked around for him, but there was nothing but the creaking of the ship, the stars above, the waves around us.

Captain Thornton didn’t seem to have noticed me, he hadn’t reacted to my cry.

The box opened fully and his face was bathed in a soft green glow. As I watched, disbelieving, the figure of Solomon coalesced on the deck before him, transparent and glowing with the same green light.

Solomon turned towards me. “Still here, are you? I’ve been having trouble tracking you for some reason… perhaps your barriers are down right now, though.”

“What was that?” Captain Thornton looked up the deck but didn’t seem to see me. “I need you to send a report.”

“Tell me where you are, Gideon.” He was right in front of me now, somehow in the blink of an eye moving from the captain to me.

Solomon reached to caress my cheek and I flinched, terrified, but I couldn’t make myself move away from him. My feet were rooted to the deck.

“Show me where to find you, and where to find Tate. That’s all I want.”

I felt the answer rise in my throat - he had the ability to make someone speak the truth, I had experienced it before. I clenched my jaw shut and shook my head.

“Come on, tell me.” His hand closed on my cheek.

I fought to stay silent, unable to move or to resist for much longer at all… except there was something I was forgetting. What was it?

“I say, come back here, what are you doing? I need to send a message.”

Captain Thornton? He couldn’t help me. Couldn’t even see me. This was a dream, I realised.

Solomon can walk in dreams, and he has power in dreams. He can turn people to his will, even give them objects, I knew all of this. It meant I was in danger.

But he wasn’t the only one with power, was he? The thing I was forgetting rattled against my temple, willing me to remember.

Something about power.

Dreams. He had magic that allowed him to walk in dreams.

Magic… that was it!

I have magic of my own, although I don’t understand it. I know it has something to do with sex and love, that’s when I feel it. I can’t betray the men I love to the witch.

I called on the Heavens to let me access the magic inside me and I felt a responding warm glow in my sternum.

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