The Merman, My Man
I beckoned him softly.
As I did that, I was simultaneously observing the movements of the pirates in hopes that they didn’t notice anything unusual.
“Miss Linda?” Henry heard my voice and walked closer with a puzzled expression.
Right then, I saw the elderly man with a bent back suddenly straighten his spine and throw something he was holding onto the floor.
In an instant, white smoke rose from the floor, and the people on deck were no longer visible.
A pungent scent flooded my nostrils, and Dicken flung me onto the bed in a swift motion. The smoke made me unable to open my eyes, and the sharp pain caused streams of tears to fall.