One Soul To Share by Lori Devoti

Author:Lori Devoti
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: vampires, vampire romance, contemporary romance, mermaids, kelpies, melusine, high seas romance

Chapter Seven

Sarina’s song wrapped around Nolan, lifting him up even as his body collapsed, exhausted, against hers.

His eyes closed, he titled back his head and let the notes fall over him like a warm rain.

He had never felt more content, or more sure of his place and the person he was with. He was, for the first time, whole.

Water lapped against the side of the boat, at first so softly Nolan barely noticed the sound, but then, as Sarina’s song continued, it wasn’t just a noise but a movement too. The yacht tilted side to side as if swaying in pace with the mermaid’s voice.

Nolan opened his eyes and looked out over her shoulder and onto the sea. Except there was no sign of the sea, no sign of the water. The space around the yacht was packed shoulder to shoulder with strange, horse-shaped creatures he’d never seen before.

“Sarina…” he murmured, afraid to speak louder for fear of startling the beasts and starting a stampede or other mass movement that might end in the boat and its occupants being tossed about or crushed.

Slowly, Sarina’s song died, and with an expression of complete peace on her face, she shifted her gaze from the sky to Nolan. Then she looked behind him and froze.

“Kelpies,” she muttered. All color drained from her face until her lips looked aqua against her skin. “The sea hag, it seems, has sent us an escort.”

She looked back at Nolan. Her hand moved to his chest, regret clear in her eyes.

For their lost moment of privacy? Nolan regretted that too, but the kelpies arrival, if they were, as Sarina guessed, sent by the sea hag, had to be good news.

The creatures, all horse-shaped, showed no sign of aggression. They varied in size from that of a miniature horse, no bigger than a good-sized dog, to a massive Percheron. Their color varied widely too, from black to pale green and even a few that seemed translucent.

As Nolan stared at them, they sank into the ocean like alligators, with just their ears, eyes, and nostrils above water.

Somehow, this made them seem even more intimidating. The kelpies surrounded them from all sides. He placed an arm in front of Sarina to push her behind him, before realizing the worthlessness of such a move. As a fellow creature of the sea, chances were good the mermaid would be far more equipped to deal with the animals than a once-human vampire.

Still, he placed a hand on her waist and his gaze on as many of the creatures as he could keep in sight, then asked, “Are they a threat?”

Sarina hesitated. “They can be, but I don’t think they are. At least not yet.”

As she finished the sentence, the boat began to shift in short, jerky movements.

The water horses, it seemed, were now directing their travel. The kelpies rose and sank in the water as they swam. A few closest to the yacht blew air from their noses in loud, watery snorts.

“So, our journey is almost over.

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