Tales of Folk & Fey by Melissa Marr

Author:Melissa Marr
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MelissaMarr

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Murrin found Alana sitting at the reef, but she wasn’t happy. She looked like she’d been weeping.

“Hey.” She glanced at him only briefly.

“Are you okay?” He didn’t want to pry too much: her acceptance of him in her life still felt tenuous.

Instead of answering, she held out a hand to him.

He sat behind her, and she leaned back into his embrace. The waves rolled over the exposed reef and up to the rocky ledge where they were sitting. He sighed at the touch of the briny water. Home. He couldn’t have imagined being this content: his Alana and his water both against his skin.

Perfection…except that Alana seems sad.

“I didn’t expect…to care, especially so soon. I want you to be happy,” she said. “Even if it’s not real –”

“It is real.” He took out the pearl necklace and draped it around Alana’s throat. “And I am happy.”

She gasped softly and ran her fingertips over the pearls. “I can’t – ” She shook her head. “Do you miss it?”

“The sea? It’s right here.”

“But do you miss…changing and going out there? Meeting other people?” She tensed in his arms.

“I’m not going to leave you,” he consoled. His mother had often looked at the sea as if it was an enemy who’d steal away her family if she wasn’t careful. That wasn’t what he wanted. He wrapped his arms around her again. “I am right where I need to be.”

She nodded, but he could feel her tears falling on his hands.

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