Surrendering (Swans Landing) by Norris Shana

Author:Norris, Shana [Norris, Shana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: teen, young adult, Love, Paranormal, finfolk, Romance, fantasy, beach, mermaid
Published: 2013-08-10T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

I couldn’t sleep. I had been lying on my makeshift bed on the floor of the living room for hours, but my mind wouldn’t stop thinking over all of the events of that day.

Domnall was here and he had my mom.

My mom, who had killed my father. My father, who’d had an affair and another child. Both sides of my parentage were tainted.

The room felt stuffy. Dylan slept on a blanket only two feet away, his brother snoring next to him. Mrs. Waverly was on the couch, trying to get a few hours of sleep before she would go up to take over the watch in the attic. Callum slept on the love seat, his arms over his head.

I tiptoed across the room to the back door, sliding it open as quietly as I could. Cool night air drifted toward me, prickling my skin. The sky was dark, thick with fog, and the island was silent. Even the constant swish of the ocean a few blocks away sounded muted, like it too was trying to be quieter.

I needed some air and some solitude. Closing the door behind me, I slipped across the wooden deck and down the stairs to the backyard. The small attic window was only on one side of the house, so I didn’t think I could be seen, and the darkness helped give me more cover.

I stood in the grass, sucking the salt air deep into my lungs. Somewhere out there, the finfolk had my mom. What were they doing to her?

My feet started moving before I realized I was leaving the Mooring yard. I slipped between houses and along the shriveled shrubbery, my senses on high alert for any sign of movement. I strained my ears to hear even the slightest sound of a song, but there was nothing except the ocean in the background.

I hesitated when I reached Moody’s Variety Store, pausing in the shadows. I should go back to Miss Gale’s house and go to sleep. If anyone noticed I was gone, I would be in major trouble. If the finfolk found me, I would be in even more trouble.

I didn’t want to see my mom, but I wanted to know what Domnall was doing to the humans. Shrubbery shivered to my my left and I jumped, my muscles tensed, legs ready to spring into a run. I had no weapons to help me fight off the finfolk, but I would run as fast I could and hope that it would be enough. I grit my teeth, searching the shadows for danger.

But the creature that emerged from the brush was a small gray cat. It caught sight of me, sniffing the air for only a brief moment before darting back toward safety.

I let out a long breath, closing my eyes as my shoulders sagged.

I kept moving through the night, creeping closer to the beach. The clouds overhead blocked out most of the moonlight, so the night was almost black.

The voices reached me before I spotted the two figures standing by the dunes.

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