Wyrmrider Vengeance: An Underwater Magic Urban Fantasy (The Fomorian Wyrmriders Book 2) by Theophilus Monroe

Author:Theophilus Monroe [Monroe, Theophilus]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-05-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Four

Fomoria was as I remembered it—before the wyrms had destroyed some of the spires. Funny how little had changed about the place over one and one-half century.

It's also a somewhat different experience swimming into the city as a prisoner as opposed to the place's queen.

The merfolk were staring, of course. They always did. Only now, it was curious stares rather than the star-struck gazes of my subjects.

Curious because I had a mertail. I was a mermaid. But they didn't know me. Where had I come from? Why was I there? Had I come from one of the other Fomorian outposts around the world? At least, these were the questions I imagined lurked behind their perplexment.

But there was one merman who stood out. An old merman with long white hair. Unlike the others, who floated in place, treading water and craning their necks to follow me with their eyes only, this one followed us. Swimming through the waters at a distance.

"Crazy old merman," the legionnaire who'd been talking to me before muttered.

"Are you taking me to the king?" I asked.

The merman shook his head. "I'm sure he'll want to speak to you soon enough. Until then, we have a cell prepared for you."

I rolled my eyes. "You really don't need to lock me up. I'm not a danger to any of y'all."

"Which is exactly what someone who was a threat would say," the merman huffed.

Under the light of Fomoria's firmament, I got a better look at the merman. He was larger than the rest of them. He reminded me a little of Titus—one of his ancestors, perhaps? I mean, what would be the chances? Maybe I'd ask Titus about it later if I ever made it back home.

We entered a cavern beneath the royal spire. I knew exactly where we were going. I'd been there before. It was where Conand had kept Enki before. I remembered shackles on the walls—desiccated bodies of mermen long since dead bound there. I half wondered, for a brief moment, if one of the corpses I'd seen chained there was mine...

I dismissed the thought. Odette knew me as a Loa. If I was one at all, I'd hardly garnered enough of a reputation in the future, nor had I been to Guinee since I'd become La Sirene. I'd get out of here eventually.

Of course, the more I thought about it if this body died... if I was a Loa... I'd go to the void, and from there, to Guinee. Could this really be the end of my time in this body? The end of my freedom—left to the whims of whatever bokor or caplata might summon me and put me into another host?

I still had access to the magic all around. I'd recharged my medallion for safe measure. I wasn't sure I'd be able to access the magic from the firmament in this dungeon.

Only three mermen escorted me through the cavern to the cell where I was supposed to be held.

"Let me see your wrists," the lead merman said.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.