Sole: A Blue Novella (The Core Series Book 2) by Combs Teshelle

Author:Combs, Teshelle [Combs, Teshelle]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2014-09-29T16:00:00+00:00

Five

Clutch

Cameron waded in the water and let it surround him. He let it happen. Let the water in his core flood the rest of his cells until he wasn’t himself anymore. Until he became someone else.

The fins along his arms were sharp, his toes and fingers webbed ever so slightly. His skin was coated, scale by sale, in a dark blue. His eyes themselves were covered in a layer of film. Beneath the waves he could see everything. He didn’t need light, didn’t need to come up for air.

He could feel his thoughts, the very nature of how his brain processed information changing along with his body. In the deep water, his mind flowed, his thoughts fluid and unified, all happening at once.

He did his best thinking underwater in second form. He had tried to meditate at home that night and failed. It was a practice he’d learned from his academy mentor, Declan—certainly not something the other academics would ever condone. He closed his eyes to the world and felt nothing but water sifting through his cluttered, overstuffed mind.

He sensed movement. A dart of darkness in the brooding depths. He wasn’t alone anymore. An intelligent being was watching, feeding off his thoughts, his peace. And he knew what kind it would be. The worse kind. The leeches of the leagues were always lurking about, waiting to strike those who took solace in the waters.

Cameron was prepared to handle the situation if the beast decided to get closer. It wouldn’t be his first time fending one off. But when he opened his eyes, he rethought his strategy.

They swayed in the water, dozens of them—their enormous, round eyes a shining blue, their skin a luminescent white as they watched. Their hair splayed out in a twisting mess of purple strands, and the clothes they’d stolen from fallen fisherman hanged off their limbs like sea weed adrift in the vast ocean.

Too many. That was all Cameron could think. Never had he seen so many merfolk in one place.

One at a time, and then all together, the merfolk opened their gaping mouths. The wailing pushed through the water, attempting to pierce the hearts of any listener with its song of sorrow.

And then they began to dance. Circling around him in slow, languid moves, serenading their enemy.

The attack was swift. They jetted forward, their sea fangs barred in needle points, their mertails propelling them through the water with spiraled shrieks.

But Cameron was at his mental peak. The water made it so much easier for him to use all his mind, and he shot upward, making a hole for himself among the swirling merfolk. The fins along his forearm weren’t for swimming alone. He sliced. Thrusting and pulling his arms, connecting with throats and severing vocal chords. He opened his mouth and asked the water from his core to freeze over. The icicles shot out, catching the sirens in their tracheas. He fought every one, until the shrieking ceased.

Looking around him, Cameron saw the devastation he’d caused.

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