Nervous Water by Tracy Korn

Author:Tracy Korn [Korn, Tracy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fantasy, Fairy Tales, Young Adult
Publisher: Snowy Wings Publishing
Published: 2019-11-04T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

I wrestled with my thoughts the whole way back to the marina.

We were far from Mama Luz's barge, I was sure. The Undine I'd just heard couldn't have been from Mara's clan, nor could they have known about the Gnome Queen's demands of me. They must have known the boat was occupied when the fly hit the water, but they didn't attack.

They didn't attack, I thought. And maybe that meant Mama Luz's pending war with the humans wasn't as widely spread as Mara had made it seem.

Nicholas had caught four large bonefish by the time we returned to the marina, where Doctor Zee was ashore waiting for us in the thinning grass with a large crate and a bag.

"Anything biting out there?" he called to us. Nicholas held the string of fish out the window, the engine sputtering as it turned off. Doctor Zee beamed at us as he lit the wood he'd apparently built up while he waited for us to return to shore.

"Look at all this! I didn't realize we were gone that long," Nicholas said as we approached. He nodded to the crate and the fire.

"I may be old," Doctor Zee chuckled. "But I'm efficient."

"Thank you for helping us," I said, noticing that the items in the crate were different instruments, but not like the ones I'd seen back in the infirmary—these looked like they were used to fix machines, not people. The bag was also nearly spilling over with colorful vegetables.

"I should be thanking you," Doctor Zee said. "We've had good rains this year, and my garden has developed a mind of its own, but I can only eat so many salads."

Nicholas gave a casual smile. "Well, it's very generous of you."

"De nada." Doctor Zee patted Nicholas's hand, then turned abruptly to greet two older women approaching from the clearing of grass behind the marina where the old green car was parked. Something about them made my skin prickle.

One of the women was pale, tall, and thin with silver flowing hair and eyes like the sky with a storm on the horizon. She wore a long black sweater over a faded gray dress, embroidered in two columns down the front like Doctor Zee's shirt.

The other woman was darker-complected, her smoke-black hair swept up and pinned into a bun that peeked over the top of her head. Her green eyes flashed against her skin, and her painted red lips were tacked in a smile to one side. She removed a thin, yellow shawl from her shoulders and extended her hand to Doctor Zee.

"Damas…que placer," he said, bending to kiss it.

"The pleasure is ours, Alonzo," the first woman said, her accent sharp where the doctor's was smooth—harsh and abrupt where his was rich and rolling.

The darker woman's eyes flashed when she saw the fire, and she quickly moved to the seat Nicholas was unfolding for her.

"Well, now it's a pleasure," she said, her accent a strange blend of the other two.

"Djin…" Doctor Zee held her hand as he turned to us.

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