The Mermaid's Mate by Miller Kristin

Author:Miller, Kristin [Miller, Kristin]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-10-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Marian had heard everything. She hadn’t been the one who swam back and squealed the position of the lair, and it’d always bothered her that she couldn’t figure out who did it.

Suddenly, it all made perfect sense.

Mary Elizabeth had sunk into a deep depression a few years back. It had to be because she couldn’t save Rison. Marian would’ve felt the same way if she hadn’t been able to save Timber when she’d found him wedged beneath that rock in the river.

Mary Elizabeth must’ve felt heartbroken. Helpless.

Irritation pricked at Marian like a thorn. All along, she’d wanted Timber to believe that she wouldn’t have betrayed him that night. It didn’t matter now though, did it? He had a truth serum to make his mind up for him. When would he give it to her? Marian wondered. When would he depend on a stupid enchanted mixture to tell him the truth he should’ve known in his heart all along?

But the thoughts tangling in her mind weren’t about Mary Elizabeth, Rison, the wound on her neck, or the truth serum...they were about Timber’s rogue pack. He’d made it sound like he didn’t know about what they were doing on the southern edge of Were Mountain. Could he have been that oblivious? Could he have remained in the dark while Ryder blasted away and stocked up on Mer Stone chips or did he fake his surprise in front of the healer?

She had to get back to her colony and report what was going on to her Emperor.

The Emperor would report the information about Ryder and his plans to the main pack inside Were Mountain. They would deal with Ryder and the rest of the rogue wolves in their own way, leaving the Merfolk out of the mess completely.

“Time to wake up,” Timber said, the edge of the bed registering his weight. “Marian, can you hear me?”

Opening her eyes, Marian met Timber’s dark, seductive stare. She shivered, though her body blazed with warmth. “I’m awake.”

“How do you feel?”

“Fine.” The wound on her neck didn’t hurt at all. And if there was a scar, so be it. She had worse scars on her heart that she’d endured well enough. “I should go. I have to get back to my colony.”

As she tried to sit up, Timber grabbed her arm. Though his touch was gentle, it stopped her, stunned her, as it always did.

“Here, take this first.” He handed her a glass of water. “You need your strength before the hike. We have an hour to trudge across Were Mountain before we’ll reach a place deep enough for you to dive into the bay.”

Marian eyed the drink carefully. He must’ve put the truth serum in the water. Why couldn’t he just believe her? Why did he need the truth to be proven this way? Although it was foolish, Marian felt betrayed.

He had no faith in her, in them, and he never had.

“I’m not thirsty,” she said, removing her arm from the warmth of his grasp.

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