The Lovely Deep (The Mer Song Trilogy Book 1) by Michelle Pennington

Author:Michelle Pennington [Pennington, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-08-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

By the time they made it down to the beach, most people were packing up to head home. The sun was gliding toward the horizon and the western sky was just starting to brighten with the brilliant wash of sunset. River glanced sideways at Narissa, appreciating the sight of her strong but feminine figure in a green bikini. Her dark red hair blew around in the stiff, gulf breeze, glinting with fire in the setting sun.

She carried a mesh diving bag filled with clinking items he could only guess at. A thin belt with a knife sheath was buckled around her waist, and he hoped she wouldn’t have reason to use it this time. But he couldn’t be too worried about anything right then. He felt the draw of the ocean and relaxed with every step closer to the surf. Narissa, however, seemed to grow more anxious.

“How do we keep people from noticing that we go under water and don’t come back up?”

She laughed. “You’re already invisible. Our mark doesn’t only change our form. It’s also a key to move between worlds. When it lines up with the same symbol on a portal, it sends you through. Uncle Jesse put the symbol on a support pillar of the restaurant so I can move between worlds without being seen, along with anything I’m touching.” She pulled up their hands, which were clasped together. “The curtain between worlds runs along the beach, so we can still see the human world.”

“Crazy. Does my mark do the same thing?”

“No. You only have half the mark—the circle allows you to move underwater.”

“Interesting. Let’s get going.”

“We can’t stay long tonight. We’ll just sort of…”

“Test the waters?”

Narissa laughed. “Yeah.”

As they walked into the surf, the waves washed over their toes, then crashed against their calves. When they were knee-deep, a series of bigger waves rushed over them, and they both jumped up to keep it from crashing over their heads.

Once they were chest-deep in the channel between sandbars, River pulled her to him, and she came willingly. He banded his arms around her waist and felt her smooth legs brush against his. “No tail?”

“Not yet.” A smile tugged at the corners of her lips. “When I was a little girl, I was staying with my uncle one summer and saw some girls my age pretending to be mermaids on the beach. It made me laugh, because my favorite game was pretending to be human. I got really good at swimming with legs, even though it’s a lot harder.”

River’s pulse hammered at being able to hold her again. He needed to keep his feelings in control. Somehow. “How long have you been coming to stay with him?

“Every summer since I was three. I’ve always been meant for this—being a siren I mean. I was born needing air to breathe, which is necessary to be made into a siren. There aren’t many of us, so despite my royal position, I was needed on land.”

“So most mers are born breathing underwater?”

“Yeah.

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