Elementals 4: The Portal to Kerberos by Michelle Madow

Author:Michelle Madow [Madow, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dreamscape Publishing
Published: 2016-09-09T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN

I pulled out a crystal arrow and ran to the side of the boat, ready to shoot the merperson who’d taken Danielle. But the water was so dark that I couldn’t see anything beneath the surface. I wanted to dive in after her, but I had no way of fighting those creatures in the water. Jumping in would be suicide.

Then there was a splash behind me. I looked to see what had happened, and saw Erebus’s pack on the ground. The spot where he’d been standing was empty.

He’d jumped in after Danielle.

Another merperson reached for me, but just as it did, Chris started playing his lyre.

“Stop attacking us,” he commanded, his voice fluid with the melody of the music. “Swim as far away from us as possible and forget that you ever saw us.”

The merpeople stopped rocking the boat and descended back down into the water. For the first time since they’d started attacking, all was still.

I leaned over, trying to see what was happening with Danielle, but the water was too dark for me to tell.

“Where’s Erebus?” Chris asked, apparently only just noticing that he was gone. “He didn’t get pulled in too, did he?”

“He jumped in after Danielle,” I told him.

“Good.” Chris sighed. “Then Danielle will be okay. Those creatures won’t stand a chance against a god.”

Seconds later, Erebus surfaced with Danielle by his side. She coughed and took a deep breath, her eyes panicked as she looked around. “They’re gone?” she sputtered, taking in the scene. “You got to the lyre?”

“Yep.” Chris smiled and raised it up. Then he held out a hand to help Danielle onto the boat.

She tumbled back on board, still gripping the Golden Sword. At least, despite everything, she’d had the sense to not let it go.

I held out a hand to help up Erebus, but he scowled at me and climbed up easily on his own. Once they were both back on board, Danielle squeezed her hair, attempting to comb out the remaining seaweed. Which was strange, because back on Earth where Danielle had her powers, she was able to dry herself off immediately. Now, as she sat there rubbing the water out of her eyes, she seemed so small and weak.

Instead of having control over her element, it had control over her.

“Did you swallow any of the water?” I asked her, wanting to be prepared in case she was about to fall into a nightmare-filled sleep.

“Nope.” She shook her head and shivered, staring at the river. “That was terrifying,” she said. “I’ve gotten so used to being able to control water. It’s my element, but here, but it could have killed me. If Erebus hadn’t jumped in to save me, it would have killed me.”

“Is that your way of saying thank you?” he asked.

“You saved my life, so I don’t think ‘thank you’ is strong enough to get across I’m feeling right now,” she said. “But yes. Although… and I don’t want to sound ungrateful, because I’m not—I thought you

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