Chapter 8.

Asteria POV.

We emerge from the water. I close my eyes and call my power forward. The skies darken and the wind picks up. I raise my hands into the sky and shriek so loud it sends vibration through the water.

My tail swishes back and forth as I look over the water as my people emerge. I point to the trawler not far from us, and people dive under the waves. I watch with pride as my people launch out of the water as I create mist. Screams sound from the trawler. The scent of blood dances in the wind and I breathe it in with a smirk on my face.

I dive below and swim forward at speed and launch up and land on the deck of the boat. Men scream as they are cut down and I look around. When I see a woman holding a harpoon gun, frightened by what she is seeing. I move toward her on my tail.

She has tears streaming down her face as she points the harpoon gun at me. I raise my hand to strike her. When I stop, my hearing is picking up on another heartbeat. I look at her face, then at her belly.

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