Chapter 387:
Larissa
I know it's dangerous to be here right now. The surface is chaos—fire and steel and screaming men. The water churns with falling bodies and sinking debris and spreading blood.
But I had to know.
I had to know he was okay.
I can't just escape on my own. Swim back to the deep, back to my father, back to the life I left behind. I made a choice when I surfaced on that island. I made a choice when I let him wrap his coat around my shoulders. I made a choice when I followed his ship instead of returning home.
I chose him.
So I swim.
Underneath the chaos.
Keeping to the shadows. Staying close to the hull, where the water is dark and the light doesn't reach. Avoiding the bodies that drift past,some still, some struggling, some screaming.
Careful.
I can't be caught.
If just one human catches a glimpse of me, it's over. They'll point. Shout. Hunt. They'll forget the battle, forget the ships, forget everything except the chance to capture a mermaid.
