Fire (The Mermaid Legacy - Book 2) by Hardy Natasha

Author:Hardy, Natasha [Hardy, Natasha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781472095282
Publisher: Carina
Published: 2014-03-21T16:00:00+00:00

17. Trust

I swam towards the exit of The Haven with Dad, his face creased in concern.

“Are you sure you’re OKto do this alone?”

“No,” I answered honestly. “But I don’t have a choice. You need to be training the Oceanids, and besides, how hard can it be, right?”

His expression did nothing to calm the nerves that bubbled anxiously in my stomach.

“Be careful, Alex, and remember who you are, they will sense that more than anything else.”

“Right, I am the leader?”

He nodded. “You’ll beOK.”

I wondered as I swam whether he was trying to convince me or himself.

On the other side of the single entrance and exit, Thanh waited for me, having been woken by Aoi.

“OK, Alexandra, here’s where your theoretical plan gets put into action.” He grinned, transforming his fierce face into a likeable one.

“Yes!” I laughed. “I don’t think there is room for another ounce of theorising, let’s do this.”

He nodded. “Well, let’s hope you have enough Oceanid blood in you to make you quick enough to learn about what really matters and survive this encounter.”

He let out a piercing screech that reverberated around the inside of my brain and was answered by a far more feral noise that grew louder as it approached us until it was a deafening all-encompassing roar.

Thanh’s Zmija encircled us with its massively long and exquisitely coloured muscular body, its mouth open as it greeted him with a series of long blasts of sound.

Thanh laughed, returning the greeting with as much gusto as he could, his whole body tensing as he produced the sounds, before swimming up to its massive head and scratching the scales on its snout.

The water around us thrummed with a vibration too deep for me to hear audibly but which made the water within the circle of her body shudder.

Thanh laughed, his face as carefree as a boy.

He warbled something to her, resting on her snout and gazing deep into her golden eyes. After a few moments, he motioned for me to join him as he slid into the gap between the mane that surrounded her head and the sail-like fin that rose from her back.

“Before we go I need to teach you the response when your Zmija chooses you.”

“Wait, I thought I was choosing it?”

He laughed and the serpent beneath me seemed to chuckle too.

“You don’t choose a more intelligent being, it chooses you,” he replied. “Normally we form these bonds as children. The Haven has proven very helpful in providing a space for Zmija and Oceanids to grow together over the years. Allentia over here,” he patted the muscular neck of the Zmija as she moved, her mane rising slightly at the sound of her name, “and I have been friends since we were very young.”

“So why would a Zmija choose me? I haven’t grown up with any of them.”

“Apart from the friendship and the symbiotic use of The Haven to protect our young, Oceanids are able to share their talents with their serpents,” he replied. “Allentia has gained the ability to communicate with all ocean creatures in their own tongue from me.

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