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As soon as the curtain closes behind us, I glare at my father. Now that he’s pulled this ridiculous stunt, it’s not difficult to think of him as a dad. “Why did you do that?”“Tell you about the trials in front of everyone?”“WhatHe glances at the servants in the room and waves them out before turning to me. “I thought you’d be excited. You aren’t?”I stare at him, trying to find the words. “You thought I’d be excited?”“We were discussing the Mrs Walker link before I brought your mother back from land. It sounded like you were on board. Has that changed?”My heart pounds like a jackhammer. “About going through a set of trials?”“This is good news.”“How?”He puts a hand on my shoulder and looks into my eyes. “You can come into Sirena’s full powers.”I take a deep breath. “How much do you know about how she got those?”“Like I said, I’ve gathered every book I could find on the topic—and it wasn’t easy. Some of them were from opposing kingdoms in secret libraries and even in vaults.”
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He glances up. “Oh. Hey, Mila.Isaac isn’t here, but I guess you can see that.”“That’s okay. I’m here to see you.”Mila’s mum sets his guitar down. “Why’s that?”“You know that cloaking spell?”He groans. “I can’t keep doing that.”“It’s just one more time.” I clasp my hands together. “Please.”“For what?” He frowns.“Same thing. I just need to look at a certain book in the library.”Mila’s mum glances around. “Last time, I could do it because I needed to practice the spell for a class. Now, I’m just breaking the rules.”My heart sinks. “There’s nothing you can do?”“What’s so important about this book?”“It’s a long story, but it can help me figure out this Mrs Walker stuff.”His eyes widen. “So crazy about your uncle—I mean dad.”“Tell me about it. That’s why I need answers. And it gets weirder, but I can’t really get into it right now. I have to find out what that book says.”He taps his finger on the guitar. “So, it’s kind of a matter of life and death?”“It definitely is.”Mila’s
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I take a few deep breaths before looking over the titles again. Expand the breadth of my search. Double-check that I’m at the right row. Look up and down adjoining aisles.Nothing. The book isn’t here.Why in Hades is it gone? My heart pounds like a jackhammer, making it even harder to think. I check the time. I’m down to ten minutes before the spell wears off and I have to be out of here. Heir of the throne or not, I’m not a fourth-year. I can’t be seen here.I race up and down each aisle, scanning the books. Look at the tables to see if anyone brought it out and left it.Still nothing. It’s nowhere.Am I imagining having found it in the first place? No, that’s not possible. Isaac was here with me, and he was insistent that I wouldn’t have to kill my dad. He saw the book too. It’s not something I made up.I glance at the clock. Three minutes. And that’s assuming the spell will last exactly one hour. It could wear off two minutes early or five minutes late. I have no idea, and Mila’s
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Did she really have to kill her dad? Or did I get bad information?”Oh, she most definitely killed the merman.I sigh.Mr. Brant turns around. “What are you waiting for? Put that thing awayThe trident flies out of my hands and straight for his head.I gasp. “That wasn’t me! I swear!”He moves, barely missing, and glowers at me. “Make that four sessions for tomorrow. And that’s no recommendation.”“It wasn’t me!”The anger in his eyes tells me not to press the issue.“Don’t try that again, or you will regret it. I don’t care whose daughter you are or if you are heir to the throne.”I just nod then pick up my weapon. “Thanks for that.”He had it coming.“Well, I didn’t. I don’t feel like getting in trouble.”“Put it away now, princess,” Mr. Brant snaps.I hurry over to the cabinet and place it in its spot. “We’re not done here.”I know. Just wait until you hear what I have to tell you.It glows then fades.“Now, Mila.” Mr. Brant sounds more pissed by the moment.I close the cabinet and
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Ten minutes later, we’re entering the dining hall.Isaac glances up from his seat and melts me with his eyes. I turn to Erica. “Mind if I sit with Isaac this time?”“Not at all. Go get him, tiger fish.” She nudges me toward him and swims away.Before I reach him, he leaps up and wraps his arms around me, squeezing tightly. I take in the warmth of his embrace and his rugged scent. If only I could stay here for all time and not have to deal with anything else. Unfortunately, he pulls away all too soon. But he does hold out a chair for me.I take the seat and greet the rest of the band. Mila’s mother throws me a curious look, clearly wanting to know how the timing spell worked with the cloaking one. I give him a nod. My mission may have been less than successful, but the spells did what they were supposed to.Isaac sits and offers me a donut. I take it, eager for the sugar fix after everything I’ve been through, and scarf it down while everyone else discusses an upcoming concert.“You go
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“Whenever suits you. If I’m not immediately available, one of the mermen I practice with will be available. They keep me at the top of my game and are the best of the best. Either way, you’ll receive the top training possible.”“I appreciate it.”“Anything for you. I’m just glad I can finally treat you like a daughter. It’s been painful holding back my true emotions.” He clears his throat. “Anyway, we’re here to work on the Mila’s power. The first thing I want to tackle is using it for good, something I’m sure is a foreign concept given all you know is from Marine.”“And my own experience,” I say quickly, surprising myself with the defensiveness I feel for the man who raised me. “Mostly that.”My father nods.I jolt with the realization that I just thought of him as my father.He leans closer. “Is something the matter?”“No. Sorry.”“Okay. Our power can be a volatile thing, can’t it? However, it’s extremely powerful when used for good.”“How does that work?”He leans forward. “Healing
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“My” —I struggle to say the word out loud— “father got me out of it. But that means I’m going to spar the king for practice. Did you know he was reigning champion of the competition?”“You just called him your father.”“I know. I’m trying to get used to the reality, even though my dad will always be my dad.”“So, King Tobi is Father and Martine is Dad?”“That’s where I’m at. They’re both my dads. Just in different ways.”“At least you have a chance to have a good one.”We say goodbye to the band and head for the parking lot.Isaac leans against his bike. “Now that we’re alone, fill me in. I’m dying of curiosity.”I sigh dramatically and tell him all about my failed mission in the fourth-year library. He laughs at the part about Earwyn hearing me but her friends thinking she was crazy. “Now I want to see if I can find those other books. If the public library doesn’t have the ones I found before, I’ll know something is up.”“But why would someone go to all that trouble?”“Do you know ho
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“Fine.” I look them over too, but don’t find anything.We go up and down the aisle and several adjoining ones, as well. Nothing. Like that’s a big shock. Isaac insists we keep searching, so we spend more time than seems necessary looking. And finding nothing.Exhausted, I turn to him. “They aren’t here. Can we give up now?”“That’s really what youI nod. “I have my answer.”“Which is?”“They aren’t here.”He tilts his head. “Who do you think is behind it?”There are too many people around for me to say that out loud. I inch closer and whisper, “You know.”“You really think so?”“Who else? It all points to him.”He frowns. “It just seems unlikely.”“Why? Why wouldn’t he want exactly this? It solved all of his problems.”“But he could’ve done it himself. And it isn’t like he added that info in himself. Those were clearly ancient books—at least the one I saw.”I nod. “The others are like that one, but with some different information.”“Maybe he didn’t have a clue about any of this. The b
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She'd wanted to see his face for more than that brief glimpse. Did he fear what she would see? Beauty and the Beast was one of her favorite fairy tales, because an empath could see it all. The monster beneath the flesh, no matter how beautiful the mask. The beauty of the soul, no matter the disfigurement. But she hadn't wanted to assess the balance within him. She'd needed to look into his eyes for a reason she couldn't define, but it had been all-consuming. If she'd seen the darkness in him outweighing the light, would she have clung to him anyway, because he needed her? It was a desperation that went deeper into the soul than even she'd ever delved. Down to the dark, frightening places where children screamed but no mother came, pain and fear were the air one breathed, and the earth had no magic beneath the soles of the feet."Isaac?"A warm light had spread over her skin. She raised her gaze to her father's dark eyes. Apparently when she hadn't responded right away, he'd intensifie
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. How on earth did she know what brimstone smelled like?Maybe she remembered it from that time she'd ended up in the outer catacombs of Hell, looking for the caverns where her parents had first met. She'd been twelve, and fascinated by the story of how Anna had hidden Jonah there when he was hurt and being pursued by Dark Ones. Of course, Lex hadn't been thrilled to run smack into Lucifer while on her romantic quest. She'd been told in no uncertain terms she would not be swimming down into his realm again, not if she knew what was good for her. She was twenty-one now, but the memory still made her shudder.God, she loved her parents, but they had such scary friends. The Lord of the Underworld was her father's best friend, while Mila was the seawitch Mina, a creature whose name no merperson would speak aboveBut whether or not Isaac was smelling brimstone, this had to be a dream. Mainly because that part of the mind that kept things from being too frightening in dreams said so, even
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His hand slid up, his thumb finding her nipple and making her moan softly. Closing his eyes, he forced himself to focus. Goddess, it was as if he hadn't sated his lust in eons. What was it about her? Rationally, he knew it could be something the witch had done. But his heart knew differently, for an angel's heart knew truth."I'm off balance, because despite all that, I'm enthralled by the way your hair lies on your shoulders, how anger flashes in your eyes like heat lightning. The flush of your cheeks, the way your nipples have hardened against that thin shirt just from my barest touch." He folded his hand around her throat and cheek, tucked her head under his chin, and let sensuality give way to comfort.When Mila let out a resigned sigh, coiled her arms around his upper body, he felt that curious relief again. "I'm angry, because in the midst of all these things, I want you. So I strike out at your desire for me, so new and clean. It's beautiful, Anna, a miraculous gift to any male
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Except for that one picture. The one that said she hoped for something better.As he came back up her body and sheathed himself again, pushing them both over the edge they needed, he knew he was going to embark on this journey with her. Not because he believed the seawitch, or that the darkness in his heart needed healing, but because suddenly the most important thing was that his little mermaid knew that someone believed in her.And hellfire, he still couldn't bring himself to go back, reach out to Lucifer or the Lady. Or any of them. What would a week matter? Time was relative, when one was an angel.SHE woke alone. The thunder was shaking the house, coming close together, flashes of lightning illuminating the cottage so she could see him standing on the deck, the sliding glass door open to the driving rain. His hair was plastered to his head, his face tilted to the sky, the wings a heavy weight on his back.She didn't dress, but moved down the stairs, stood in the open door, steppe
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"What the hell did you let her do to me?""She was trying to save your life. The Dark Ones--""She is a Dark Spawn. Damn it, I never should have trusted her. Or you, a child stupid enough to think a Dark One can be your friend. I--""She may be dead because of you, my lord." Mila thrust hard against him, but of course he didn't budge. "Because of me. Because I brought her into this. She led the Dark Ones away from us.""Perhaps that's what she wants you to think." He had no patience for her feelings right now. With disgust, he released her and managed to make it to his feet this time, though he had to fight the desire to lie back down. Because his voice was hoarse, he cleared it twice before he got the words out. "What did she do to me?""You're human." She flinched at his expression. "It's only temporary. At dusk, your true form will return. Until . . ." She bit it off and looked away. "It will return at dusk."His eyes narrowed. Gods, his head felt like someone was pounding a mallet
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How do you know about that?"She shrugged. "I've spent time in the human world. I've studied their history.""So have I." The shadows were back in his eyes again, the dangerous set to his mouth that made him seem so formidable. But he regarded her curiously. "Won't someone be missing you? Your family? Your great-grandsire?""I don't stay in one place for long. They're used to my absences.""So no one looks after you.""I look after myself," she said with a trace of irritation. "I got you here.""Despite my command to leave me.""It wasn't a command," she protested.Isaac snorted. "It most certainly was, and you ignored it."She rose, went to the water. For a moment he thought she was going to dive, metamorphose into her other self and leave him there. Rising, he came up behind her, not yet touching her but standing just at her back. Feeling her hair brush his chest, his abdomen, he gazed down over the top of her head at the swell of her breasts, the pink tips so recently suckled. One
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Her features were so fine, small. He put his finger up beside the line of her nose, just to judge, and it seemed the tip of his finger would almost cap it. Her lips were a tiny bow, and despite himself, he imagined what it would be like to stretch them . . .While he knew human mythology suggested angels were above such things, that myth was not based on the warrior class of seraphim. The nourishing energy they required made carnality a vital part of their strength, one of the easiest and fastest ways to replenish their powers. Many of the humanoid races freely offered themselves, and he was all too aware that many felt they had no right to refuse an angel. While he tried not to take advantage of that, fortunately, not many had the desire to resist.But as the years had passed, there was a lack of intimacy to such couplings that bothered him in a way he didn't care to examine too closely. He'd begun to prefer recharging by going into seclusion, drawing from the elements, a slower, med
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He would die without her. Let me die . . .No, by Neptune's Trident. She would not. And she wasn't dying here, either. This wasn't how she was going to go, damn it.When her tail encountered a flat surface, and moving water pushed against her face, telling her the tunnel had become horizontal again and was widening, she sobbed in relief. She was able to switch arms and swim forward, using the additional propulsion offered by a wider sweep of her tail. And then, the darkness began to have shapes. Rock formations in the walls, the curve of the tunnel on all sides. Light. There was light coming from somewhere. Seafans with waving tendrils and myriad corals began to blanket the walls again, scraping at her knuckles. Bless the Lady, the water was getting warmer. Much warmer. As the tunnel directed her up, she pushed against the wall with her free arm as well as pumped with her tail, suddenly desperate to know that what she was seeing, sensing, was true and not some odd type of mirage in t
