The Pack's Dragon
Even Arthur would have been rendered speechless by a merman, she thought dryly as she made her way back to where she had left the other blankets and first aid kit.
The moonlight caught in the shimmer of scales scattered in a trail from the water to where he had transformed into a man. She collected some into her pocket. A reminder, she told herself, that she hadn’t imagined that tail. They were much larger than a normal river fish’s and their opalescent sheen much more brilliant. There was no way they could be anything other than a Merman’s scale.
When she opened the door into Arthur’s room, the Merman’s eyes flared in the light from the hallway. “Sorry,” she said. “I hope I didn’t wake you.