The Scale Empire by Cate Farren

Author:Cate Farren [Farren, Cate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-17T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Bram soared down toward the boat. I clung on for dear life, the wind whipping at my face. Several times I almost slipped free.

“I’m hanging on!” I cried.

My grip loosened and I fell back, spinning into the air. Bram continued toward the boat without me, oblivious. I screamed my throat raw, trying to coming up with a spell. I couldn’t breathe. I could hardly think.

Think of something!

Anything!

I was almost too late. I created a spell to cushion my fall as I hit the surface of the sea. I bounced up and down on the Jell-O type surface a few times before sinking between the waves.

I pushed up, gasping for air, my legs kicking furiously to keep me from sinking. Turning the patch of sea beneath me into Jell-O had been a risky move, but it worked. Well, technically I hadn’t changed it to Jell-O, just a jelly-like substance. It had been enough to brake my fall.

I looked around, trying to locate the boat. It seemed to be farther away than I’d imagined. I could see the army of mermaids, heading closer. Magic was being fired from the deck and Bram was breathing huge plumes of fire into the water. I had to help them.

I did something I’d never done before – I created a portal underwater. I swam into it, emerging on the deck of the boat by a shocked Nile. Several gallons of seawater came with me, drenching him.

“What happened to you?” he asked.

I shook my soaking hair and scowled. “I thought I’d take the time to go for a nice refreshing swim.”

I ran to the railing, my heart sinking as the dark stain moved closer. There must be every mermaid in the world under the waves, coming for us[NJA9]. We couldn’t counter such a threat in a million years. My brother must really want us dead.

He’d never been this vicious before, sending a whole army after me. What did that mean? He was more powerful, joined with the demon from this world, but it also meant something more significant. Was there a possibility he was scared?

I shook away that possibility as I prepared to fight. Nothing scared Dorian, not even the sight of his vengeful sister trying to fry him alive with a ball of fire.

It had to be Circe.

“Watch out!” someone shouted.

I braced myself as the mermaids let out a war cry. It sounded like a thousand foxes yipping at the same time. I covered my ears, the sound hurting my brain. The others were screaming in pain, their ears bleeding. Even Circe was struggling.

Then came the physical attack. A thousand mermaids crashed into the side of the boat. My whole world spun around me as the ground beneath my feet vanished.

Shit!

I was flung through the air. The mermaids continued to yip and I heard the others shouting. I caught a glimpse of the fishing boat exploding into a billion pieces, showering the mermaids with splinters of wood and metal. Bram caught me in his talons before I had a chance to fall back into the water.

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