The Princess And The Demon
Henry gulped down the breath he was about to exhale, feeling his mouth becoming dry, the creatures were there, under them, they looked exactly like the ice queen described them, similar build to that of human children, swimming smoothly with the streamlining of a fish, their hands and feet were enlarged, the long-clawed fingers were not separated and instead joined with thin layers of skin, turning the deadly weapon like hands and feet into peddles as well.
Their looks, however, were not what made the human king’s heart shiver, it was their numbers, there were thousands of them, tens of thousands, swirling around the ships, sensing the intruding presence but not attacking them.
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