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They Gave Her My Pearls, and Lost Me to the Sea Chapter 9
By the next full moon, I could no longer remember Adrian’s voice.I still knew that name. I knew what he had done. But when I thought of him speaking, I heard only the words, without a sound to go with them.Caleb’s face faded next.Then Noah’s.I stopped trying to bring them back.There were new things to remember: the narrow passage through the reef where my cousins raced me, the garden outside my room, the way my grandmother always asked whether I had eaten before telling me anything else.On my nineteenth birthday, I woke and went to breakfast without thinking of land at all. My grandmother held a feast that night. After the celebration, I swam up to watch the moon rise. I didn’t know why I found the sight so beautiful.Then I noticed a man sitting on the rocks beneath a white lighthouse beyond the harbor. He was broad-shouldered, but his clothes were rumpled, his hair tangled, and his beard looked as though it hadn’t been trimmed in months.I had seen him there before.Sometimes t
They Gave Her My Pearls, and Lost Me to the Sea Chapter 8
Three thousand meters beneath the surface, beyond the deepest ocean trench, I swam effortlessly through the Kingdom of Blue.No sunlight reached it, but pale blue lights glowed among the coral towers. Gardens of swaying sea grass lined the stone pathways, and tiny silver fish drifted through open archways.The current had brought me here.To my home, the kingdom my family ruled.My mother had been the daughter of the ruler of this Kingdom. My grandmother, or the Blue Queen, as everyone here called her, later told me she had sensed me the moment I transformed in the sea.“I’d hoped this day would come,” she said, looking at me. “Not a single day passed when I didn’t miss your mother and wish I could meet you.”I learned then that my mother, a princess of the royal family of Blue, had broken an ancient taboo by falling in love with my father, a creature of the land, a werewolf.My grandmother could have helped her take human form, but the royal family had seen their union as a disgrace
They Gave Her My Pearls, and Lost Me to the Sea Chapter 7
Adrian still believed there was something he could do.He sent another boat beyond the outer reef, looking for deep-sea pearls and ordered a lighthouse built beside the harbor, hoping its light would guide me home.Caleb went through everything our mother had left behind, looking for a name, a place, anything she might not have told me. Noah returned to the pack archives.A week later, Noah brought them to an elder who remembered the old stories about the sea.Adrian told her what had happened and placed a deep-sea pearl on her table.“If we find her, can we give her this?”The elder looked at the pearl for a long time.“Not anymore,” she said.Caleb leaned forward.“Our mother said a pearl could keep her on land.”“Keep her there,” the elder replied. “Not bring her back after the change.”Adrian pushed the pearl closer.“There must be something else.”“Nothing I can offer you.”“Then find someone who can,” Adrian demanded.“Adrian.” The elder looked him directly in the eye. “You will
They Gave Her My Pearls, and Lost Me to the Sea Chapter 6
The search went on for seven days.Boats crossed the outer reef. Divers searched beneath the rocks. At night, floodlights swept the water while Adrian stood at the railing, calling my name.But they found nothing.On the seventh evening, they returned.Claire rose from the sofa as they entered. A blanket slipped from her shoulders.“Adrian.”She hurried toward him, her eyes filling with tears.“I was so worried. Nobody would tell me anything.”He did not open his arms.Claire stopped in front of him.“I heard what happened to Isla. I’m so sorry. If she hadn’t been so upset about the pearls…”“Upset?”His voice made her hesitate.“I only meant… she shouldn’t have gone into the water like that.”“We sent her,” Caleb said.Claire glanced at him, then reached for Adrian’s hand.“I know. And you were only trying to help me.”Adrian pulled his hand away.“You said you wouldn’t survive the night.”“The healer… he found another treatment.”“Then why did you tell us the pearls were your only ch
They Gave Her My Pearls, and Lost Me to the Sea Chapter 5
The sea closed over my head.The pain vanished. My skin no longer burned, and I could breathe freely. I stretched my tail and let it carry me through the water, faster than I had ever swum before.I turned upward and broke the surface beside the boat.All three of them were still at the railing.Adrian stepped forward, his hand outstretched.“Isla!”Caleb sank to his knees on the deck.“No…” He shook his head. “No, that can’t be true…”Noah gripped the railing. His mouth opened, but nothing came out.A wave lifted me. My silver-blue tail curved beneath the surface, bright in the moonlight.Their eyes followed it.“She was telling the truth,” Adrian whispered.I looked at him one last time.Then I dived.A splash followed before I had gone far.Adrian.He drove through the water with the strength of his wolf, closing the distance in a few powerful strokes.“Isla, wait!”I stopped beneath the surface.He swam over me, searching the dark water. I could see the bloodless strain around his
They Gave Her My Pearls, and Lost Me to the Sea Chapter 4
I spent the night drifting in and out of sleep.Whenever I closed my eyes, I heard the sea. Beneath the blankets, my legs twitched together. Trying to move them separately sent pain through my knees.Voices outside my door woke me after noon.“I saw her in the hallway last night,” Claire said through her tears. “She was heading toward the stairs. I think she was trying to leave.”“She said she would go,” Adrian replied.“She still thinks I took everything from her. She doesn’t want to help me.” Claire sobbed. “Please don’t make her. I couldn’t bear it if she hated me anymore.”I sat up slowly and looked at the calendar.Today.My eighteenth birthday. My last day on land.The door opened before I could get out of bed.Adrian came in, followed by Caleb and Noah.“Were you planning to leave?” Adrian asked.“I went to get some water.”“Claire saw you,” Caleb said.“Then she saw me getting water.”Adrian stepped toward the bed.“Please wait outside,” I said. “I need to get dressed.”“All ri
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