Nemesis by Genevieve Iseult Eldredge

Author:Genevieve Iseult Eldredge [Eldredge, Genevieve Iseult]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781945495199
Publisher: Firefly Hill Press, LLC
Published: 2019-09-09T16:00:00+00:00

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DARK - ROUEN

Everything is upside-down

Inside-out, topsy-turvy

Crazy with you

- “Crazy,” Euphoria

A water park. Indoor water slides, wave pools, floaties, a million people everywhere, splashing, swimming, running, feasting on delicious-smelling fried food, soda, and popcorn from the concession stands. No self-respecting dark Fae would be caught dead at one of these children-infested, chlorine-stinking tourist holes.

No dark Fae, that is, except me.

You’d think we had forever to save Faerie, not just five days.

But war takes preparation. There’s nothing I can do until my arch-Eld return from the tasks I assigned. So, here I am.

“Catch me, Syl!” Kshirin fearlessly leaps from the diving board. The teeny rakshasi’s wearing a Glamoury that makes her look like an adorable Indian girl with nut-brown skin, black hair, and dark eyes. Her little one-piece has green kittens in pajamas on them. Laughing, she hits the water with a splash.

Did I say adorable? I meant painfully adorable.

They all are.

The dark Fae kids, my pint-size partners in crime, have all come out for a little R&R. And to help Pru learn to be a proper Yara. Miz is in her glory, the tiny water drake sneakily making wave-funnels for the other kids to play in. Marrow sniffs the shallow end and make a yuck face. A hag, he prefers swamp water, but when Einslie nudges him in, he goes with her. Wearing water-wings and doing the doggie paddle.

Gah! Black…heart…melting…

Meanwhile, Pru’s gliding around the wave pool, a shimmering shark beneath the artificial surf. The Glamoury Syl and I put up together keeps Pru’s true nature a secret, even when her tail slaps the surface, or when she speeds up too fast and nearly crashes into the wall. A few minutes ago, she almost crashed into a group of teens.

That’s why Syl and I are on watch. Syl rescued Pru the first time.

I’ve got next.

In the pool, Pru zooms around underwater, getting used to the way her fins, tail, and fronds work. She’s making tighter and tighter turns, gaining confidence, until she’s a blur of blue-green. She doesn’t notice she’s going to crash into the mother and three kids just entering the pool.

“You’re up.” Syl smiles gently at me.

I hate getting wet, but I’d never let on that anything bothered me, especially not in front of my beautiful enemy.

“Cover me,” I say, then blush hard. You’re flirting with her, Roue.

Syl’s grey eyes meet mine, a stab to my heart. “You know I will.”

Ignoring my guilty conscience, fwoosh! I windwarp in, hidden by our Glamoury, and spot Pru barreling beneath the waves, right at Mom and kids. Mom’s paying no attention. It’d serve her right to get crushed by a runaway dark mermaid.

But the cleanup would be a chore.

Time to get wet. I plunge in and grab Pru, using my Fae strength to hoist her clear.

“Whoa, thanks.” She gives me a tentative smile, filled with jagged teeth. She looks a bit haggard, and who wouldn’t? Twenty-four hours ago, she was a normal high school girl. Now, she’s a dark Fae, and our world is collapsing.

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