The Black Pearl-Mermaid Curse 2 by Louise Cooper

Author:Louise Cooper [Cooper, Louise]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, Fantasy & Magic
ISBN: 9780141918679
Google: Q9XmGBHjFaAC
Amazon: 0141322268
Goodreads: 3253954
Publisher: Puffin Books
Published: 2008-02-07T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

‘Tegenn, Tegenn, I just can’t believe it!’ Jack hugged Lizzy tightly to him, his voice choked. ‘After all this time, I’ve finally found you!’

They were both in the boat. Jack had lowered the foresail and dropped the anchor, and Silvie bobbed gently, close to the cliffs where the water was quieter. The dolphins had gathered round them and were happily watching the reunion, nodding their heads and making odd little creaking sounds that seemed to express their delight.

At last Jack released Lizzy and they both sat back, breathless. ‘There’s so much to tell you!’ Lizzy was so overcome with excitement and emotion that she was almost babbling. ‘I was found abandoned, and I was adopted and taken away, but then we moved here, and I met Kes and…’ She took a huge gulping breath as the words ran out. ‘I’m not making much sense, am I? I just don’t know where to start!’

She was laughing and crying at the same time, and Jack laughed too. ‘It doesn’t matter!’ he said. ‘We’ve got all the time we want now. Let me look at you again.’ He took hold of her shoulders and gazed at her with shining eyes. ‘You’re so pretty. You look just like your mother.’

‘Do I?’ Lizzy felt a warm glow. ‘I think she’s the most beautiful person I’ve ever seen.’

He smiled. ‘So do I. I’ve missed you all so much! Has it really been eleven years since I went away?’

Lizzy nodded. ‘Kes says you went to search for me.’

‘I did. When you were stolen, we believed you’d been taken far across the sea.’ Jack frowned. ‘The person who stole you laid a false trail, because she thought that if I were out of the way –’

Lizzy interrupted quickly. ‘She? You mean… Taran?’

He frowned. ‘Do you know about that?’

‘I know about her,’ Lizzy said fiercely. ‘Kes told me that she’s wicked and cruel, and hasn’t got the right to be Queen at all. But he doesn’t know any more, because Morvyr – Mother – won’t talk about it.’

‘She’s right not to. But now I’m back, things can be different.’ Jack looked around at the sea. ‘Where are your mother and brother now? Are they nearby? I so much want to see them!’

Amid all the excitement Lizzy hadn’t had a chance to tell him about Morvyr and Kes’s disappearance. Quickly she described her encounter with the giant eel when she was searching for Kes, and how the dolphins had intervened and driven him away.

‘Arhans tried to explain what had happened, but I haven’t learned to understand her properly yet. There was a word I sort of picked up… Tull-something, or Toll…’

Jack’s eyes narrowed. ‘Tullor?’

‘Yes! That was it – Tullor.’

‘Ah, so he’s still around, is he? I might have guessed.’

‘Do you know him?’ Lizzy asked uneasily.

‘Oh, yes. He’s Taran’s most trusted servant, and as evil a creature as you could wish not to meet. Thank goodness Arhans and the others found you in time!’ Jack was frowning deeply now. ‘Did

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