The Sea Witch and the Mermaid (The Seaforth Chronicles Book 3) by Smash B.J

Author:Smash, B.J. [Smash, B.J.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2014-03-21T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

I had passed out for a few hours, and when I had first awoken, Magella was sitting on a bench that lined the edges of the boat. She had leaned forward with her hands on her knees and asked me what had transpired in Jonesby the Jinxer’s lair. When I informed her that he had given me a big orange-coated pill that would turn me into a mermaid, she flipped her lid.

You would have thought that I had told her that I had killed someone, or that I had shot a cannonball into the bottom of her boat, or that I was pregnant or something. She had stood up, grabbed both sides of her hair, and pulled. She had paced the deck’s floorboards and stomped her foot and swore. She had looked at me and through grinding teeth said, “You fool! Now you will want to be in the water most of the time. And you can’t be! You must remain on my boat. You will just have to suffer.” She spat at me.

After she realized I was quite sick, she calmed down and went about making a remedy to ease my pain. I was so uncomfortable. My legs itched and ached at the same time. They hurt more than they have ever hurt in my life.

It was becoming a long night as I lay out on the deck beneath the cloudy sky, and it began to drizzle. The cool drops of water felt good on my hot body. My fever had peaked, and even Magella looked a bit concerned as she bent over me as I lay on the deck. She’d propped my head with a pillow and held a cup of something filled with warm liquid to my lips.

“I don’t know if you’re going to make it,” she observed.

I managed to roll my eyes. She always had to point out the worst of any situation. “Probably not.”

“Ain’t no probably’s about it. Drink up—this will help with the pain,” she demanded, and I lifted my head and took another long sip.

A short while later, the pain peaked. “Ow! Ow! Ow!” I said over and over as I lay there. “Ow!”

“Oh hush up. You will have to suffer the consequences,” she said.

“It’s not my fault. You were the one who sent me down there!” I said. I hadn’t told her that I had taken the pill willingly. It wouldn’t have mattered though if I had taken it willingly or not. Jonesby would have eventually forced it down my throat.

“’Tis true. But it isn’t my fault either. So, hush.” She sat the teacup down and paced the floorboards again. “What to do, what to do?” She had one hand on her hip, and the other rubbed her chin. And she paced, and she paced…over and over.

“I’ll have you know there is no counter spell for this.” She stopped and stared down at me.

“I guess I will have to live with it, then,” I whimpered. “Ow!” The pain was getting worse.

“It’s only the first time of changing that will hurt so much.

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