Category: STORIES

 WATER MATE

Water Mate – Chapter 5

Mystery Mate Series present

By Authoress Kemmy B. Gabriel

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Suzanne’s standpoint

We are near, I could hear the melody of the sirens calling out to me, begging me to join them. I wasn’t a siren, but one of my main source of power was music. I was part water muse and others. I stood at the crow’snest, looking out for any obstacle. The lookout ran below deck to do something so I was covering for him. I looked down, Finn stood at the bowsprit. As if feeling the intensity of my gaze, he turned around and locked eyes with mine.

The world seemed to have stopped moving the moment our eyes made contact, the wind around me became colder but yet so comfortable. The clash of the waves echoed around me, every other object was out of sight, just him. The wind became more intense, blowing my hair allover, messing it up. I don’t know how long we were staring, but we snapped out of it when the captain yelled something about slowing the ship down.

He managed a small smile before winking at me, causing my stomach to stir and heartbeat quicken. I stuck out my tongue to him, I was wearing my facemask this time. Finn rolled his eyes away, a glint of amusement shining in them. Like literally, his eyes glinted before he looked away.

“Slow her down!” The captain shouted again. I jumped onto the edge of the crow’snest and leapt into the air, catching myself with a rope. I swung my body with a laugh, I was about to do something stupid.

“Hey pretty man!” I shouted laughingly, “catch!” I swung myself towards him and let go, spreading my hands out to form wings. My hair danced to the music of the cold wind, I shut my eyes to enjoy the moment.

Right before I decended too low, I twist my body so my back would be against the deck. Two hands touched me, it happened very fast but I know what I felt. I landed on the deck in a heavy brutal crash. Not enough to kill me, but certainly enough to paralyse me if I was human. It would have been worse, but I’m certain Finn caught me fast and then dropped me hard to lighten my fall and still make it look like he didn’t care.

That would have been very sweet but… Ow!

“You dummy,” I moaned out in pain, “why didn’t you catch me,”

He laughed shortly before crouching down, “next time, use your head.” He poked my head with his index finger. With lightning fast move, I jumped up and caught his finger between my teeth. Before he could remove it, I bit him.

“Ew!” I cried, flying away from him, he tasted like vinegar. I coughed and gasped for breath, “I’m dead,”

“Stop being dramatic, I’m wearing a glove so what you tasted is the chemical,” I looked at his hand, he indeed was.

I threw my head aside snootily and folded my arms, “I knew that, who asked you.”

“Foolish girl,” he heaved and smacked my head. I whimpered like a baby and pouted, he wants me dead. “Stand up, we are here.” I had gotten up to my knees before, he delicately lifted me up so I would stand.

“Oh la la!” I shrieked with pain, my spine hurt from falling.

“What?”

“I can’t move…aah!” Heartless good for nothing jerk pulled me along, not caring about my pain. We joined the captain at the wheel, he generously flung me on the floor again.

“Well thank you maniac!”

“I suggest the crew get tied up so they won’t go to the sirens…”

“That would only work against the sirens of Siren Bay East and West, Sirens Heart’s are stronger and will go to them, kiss and suck the soul out of them. So you see? It’s a waste of time.” I rasped, rubbing my back.

“So what do we do? We can’t proceed further until we have a plan,” Sandra said reasonably. Claudia who had been stroking her chin snapped her fingers.

“How about we tie the men below deck? We block their eyes and ears and the windows, that way, we won’t have to bother.”

“That’s a great idea sis, captain?” I asked, looking at him for approval. He nodded with a wide smile.

“Clever wenches, that’s what ye are…”

“Er…thanks? I guess.” Claudia said with uncertainty.

“Okay boys, ye all hear the pretty ladies…” Finn snorted at Captain Leadbeard’s compliment. “Get down deck and let them tie ye up, us up.”

“I’m not getting tied up,”

“Of course not, we need to sacrifice a fool to the sea anyways…”

“Why you…” He hissed, but Claudia blocked him from attacking me and exposing himself.

“Chill, all men down.” She commanded. I blew raspberry at him.

“And stop acting so immature sis, that’s my job,” Sandra said with a big frown.

Finn scoffed and walked to the other end of the poop deck, leaned on the railing and folded his arms in annoyance. “Behave,” Claudia warned, kissed my cheek and walked off to tie the men.

“Hey Finn!” I shouted, he looked at me from the corner of his eyes, “die!”

“Ocean!!!” Claudia shouted from below deck. I giggled and forced my healing body up.

“Okay dude, I’m in charge now so follow my command, kapish?” I demanded with arms akimbo. And he totally ignored me. “Rude,” I said in a singsong.

“I’ll drive, make yourself useful.” He sighed, tired of my childishness. He pushed himself off the rail and sauntered to the wheel.

“Yeah, one of us have to be useful here,” I murmured audibly. He snarled but didn’t say a word. I decided it was time to be serious, I walked over to the railing at my side and looked down at the crystal clear sea that was littered with shipwreck. Pieces of woods and broken ships filled the sea.

The ship suddenly jerked, throwing me and slamming my chest on the railing. I groaned in pain, he did that on purpose. I looked at him over my shoulder and rolled my eyes back to the ship. Something glinted on the crow’snest of a broken ship resting behind a rock. I peered into the horizon, the more I peered, the brighter the object became. The blue light’s glow was familiar, I knew that. It called out to me, it knew me cause my presence luminated it.

“My amulet,” I gasped, it was the amulet I was born with. The amulet controlled my transformation. With it, I didn’t need to fear when I get wet. My scales won’t appear, I won’t have to be afraid to swim in front of everyone. Other than that, it had the power to shield me from spells and morph me into any form I want.

“Finn, keep driving, the sirens will rise soon so be careful. I’ll catch up with you later.”

“Where are you…” Before he could finish his statement, I hitched myself up and heaved myself over the railing, throwing myself down the ship. I grabbed one of the net and threw myself down again. I landed on a wood slab.

I wasn’t going to swim, I jumped. I jumped from wood slab to the other gracefully, like a skipping rock and a flying fish. My feet barely touched the slabs before I flew off to the next one. I jumped into the floorboard of the ship, wincing at the creaky sound it made due to my weight. I looked back at Finn, my eyes widened in horror. He was surrendered by sirens singing to him and was falling. I had been so caught up in my objective that I didn’t hear their song or remember him.

Glowing blue liquid skin with water hair, four webbed fingers with claws the length of a wolverine’s and yet the beauty of a regular mermaid to men. Sirens were ugly, don’t be fooled. One of the most dangerous nymphs of Achelous. Sirens came in different forms, most with water body, legs or shark finned tails. That was the difference in our appearance. Mermaids didn’t have water body and don’t always kill humans, we don’t even have their time. Mermaids seems to admire land folks and show off their beauties, only celestial mermaids like myself had water form.

Anyways, they had successfully lured the ungrateful man out of the poop deck. And he can boast like he is invincible. I rolled my eyes and continued flying across the floorboard to the crow’snest, avoiding touching the water. I didn’t want to help him, but I had to help him, I couldn’t just stay there and watch them…

A gasp left my mouth at a sudden explosion of light from the ship, I jerked my head to it. Finn had burst up with some kind of red energy, like flame but not flame. The explosion sent all sirens flying to different directions, most died at impact. I smirked and nodded, now I know why he boast. “Respect,”

I turned my attention back to the amulet, my precious item. Grabbing the rope, I began climbing up to get it. I never knew climbing could be so easy when you want something badly. I hoisted myself into the nest, scrambled over until I picked the amulet. The glow died down, back in it rightful place.

“Welcome home,” I sighed dreamily.

“Ocean! Ocean look out!!!” Finn shouted. I tilted my head and stared at him, the horror in his eyes. I turned around to see what he was gawking at. The rock had risen high like a tower behind me and down it came.

The sirens remaining laughed in their songs as they controlled the water to lift the rock. I leapt into the air, diving into the water to avoid being crushed. I swam fast away from the rock and the collapsing ship, instinctively putting my amulet on to hide my scales. Nine sirens swam around me, singing as they tittered.

I puffed out air and scowled at them. They replied me with a slash of their claws, slashing at my arms, back, chest and legs. “Begone!” I shouted, sending them flying far away. I lifted my hand to tear them to pieces but saw someone plunge into the water from the ship.

Finn.

I shut my eyes immediately and let myself sink like I couldn’t handle it. Those sirens had luck… or maybe they didn’t. They charged for me again, hissing in anger and murderous eyes glowing. I peeped from the corner of my eyes, the amulet glowed to activate it protective power. Just as one raised her hand, she burst into bubbles and dust. A wave of electric red energy swept through, slashing their heads and bodies off.

Awwn, my hero.

He carried me and swam up above, holding my waist tight. Finn jumped out of the water, one single leap lifted him back to the poop deck. He dropped me on the floorboard and knelt down.

This is the part where we kiss! Oh my oh my!

I screamed in pain as the harsh and painful slap met my cheek, he slapped me! Finn slapped me! I jolted up and screamed:”Are you mad!”

“There, still alive,” he pushed me back down so roughly my head hit the floor. I had a terrible headache while trying to seal my blood in at the same time. My brain thumped, the vision of my eyes blurring in accordance. Difficult breath left my mouth, a call to give in to the sleep so my body would heal without setting off my enchantment. I exhaled and gave in.

Finn’s standpoint .

Annoying, I have never met anyone as annoying as this woman. She wasn’t any bit scared of me when others were, even her sisters and everyone else in the ship were, because while her sisters knew I was an unpredictable vampire, the pirates thought I was some kind of undefeatable warrior. Which I am. This girl, oh this insufferable, suffocating, bad-mouthed witch wasn’t any bit scared and was trying hard to get on my nerves.

“Okay dude, I’m in charge now so follow my command, kapish?” She demanded with arms akimbo.

Just ignore her and she would go away.

“Rude,” she said in a singsong, her own way of telling me she had a good singing voice.

How do you get rid of a stubborn cockroach?

“I’ll drive, make yourself useful.” I sighed, too tired to reply her. Or even if I did, her bad-mouth would make me kill her, I still needed her alive for now. I pushed myself off the railing and sauntered to the wheels.

Heavens, seal her mou…

“Yeah, one of us have to be useful here,” a snarl vibrated through my chest and throat. It wasn’t of any use though. Heavens did it! She turned and headed for the east railing. I spun the ship harshly so she would be thrown overboard and I can abandon her for just ten minutes. Unfortunately, it didn’t go as planned.

I focused on getting the ship out of danger, scanning around for any sign of sirens. A blue light began glowing from a wrecked ship, I suppose the call of the sirens or something. Ocean muttered something in a gasp, staring wide eyes at the glowing object.

“Finn, keep driving, the sirens will rise soon so be careful. I’ll catch up with you later.”

“Where are you…”I glanced at her, she already threw herself off the ship.

Ah, women.

“What is she up to this time,” I mused. I watched her jump from wood slab to wood slab, like a gazelle. When she jumped, it almost looked like she was soaring through the sky, just like Dainty. She reminded me so much of her in a strange way.

My ears began to tingle, my eyes were blurring out. I rubbed my forearm against my eyes and reopened them. I was in another ship, surrounded by nothing but the crystal clear sea, no wrecked ships in sight. Music floated in the air, melodies made my body moved. I looked down at the deck, my eyes widened as I was met with Dainty, stressing out her hands to me.

“It’s not possible, she’s dead,” I muttered. My mind urged me to remember something, it was trying to force a valuable information to my notice. I left the wheel and walked to her, was it real? It couldn’t be.

Wait a minute!

It all came back to me, sirens. I closed my eyes and reopened them, I was back in reality and surrounded by sirens dragging me to the edge of the ship. “Ladies, do you want to make a fool out of me?” I chuckled, glancing at Ocean. If she should have to save me, I would never hear the end of it. They continued singing, whirling themselves around me. Gathering my energy into my hand, I whipped them off me, destroying them with one single attack.

I quickly looked at the annoying girl to see her smirking, a respectful smirk. Maybe that would get her to shut her mouth. She turned her attention back to her objective. She wanted that object and I wasn’t going to ask why, she was a weird one.

The spiky rock sticking out of the sea behind her was rising, ascending up with the rising sea. Images flashed in my head, the look in her eyes before she was killed.

“Ocean! Ocean look out!!!” I found myself shouting. I panicked inwardly, I normally wouldn’t care but seeing that she was about to die set me off. She briefly looked behind her in confusion, jolted her head to the laughing sirens before diving into the air, cleverly diving for the water below.

More images flashed in my head, the horror in her eyes, the shock… I should have saved her.

You killed her Finn, you killed her!

I should have never let you come close to her, you’re a monster!

This is all your fault! You killed my sister!

I clutched my head in pain, I didn’t want to remember, I didn’t want to remember the pain in mother’s eyes. I don’t ever want to remember the hate, the bitterness. Not a second time, I won’t let you die Ocean!

I jumped into the water, I had to save her all the horrible memories would return. The human girl is indeed a witch sent to torment me, I was being compelled to save her. She was sinking to the bottom of the sea, she was hurt by the sirens. I used the same attack on the sirens again, this time, minimising it to orbs so Ocean won’t get hurt. I threw the orb at the siren closer to her and then repeated the same wave as I did in the ship. As the king and direct descendant of the old ones, I had many owners for different occasions.

The compelling force had dwindled away, leaving me with irritation. I leapt out of the water and dropped her on the floorboard gently. Her heartbeat was normal, but she surprisingly wasn’t bleeding. I smacked her cheek to wake her up, forgot she was human and a slap wasn’t good. It did the trick though, she awakened with a ear piercing scream. She sat up with flushed face.

“Are you mad!”

“There, still alive,” I gave her head a light push, she crashed on the floor roughly.

See why I hate humans? They are pitiful.

I stood up with a roll of my eyes, her sisters would come attend to her. I walked over to the wheel to steer the ship out of Sirens Heart. Her heartbeat slowed down, she still hasn’t moved.

“Hey, human girl, are you dead?” No answer, she remained quiet.

“Suzanne!” Her eldest sister shouted in panic as she ran towards us. She came out just in time to take care of her dramatic sister. She knelt beside the human girl and felt her pulse. “What happened to her?!”

“Sirens, is she dead?”

“Finn!” She exclaimed quizzically. “You could have at least showed a small amount of human feelings! She’s badly hurt!”

“I’m a vampire, not human.” I replied bluntly. She scoffed and grumbled.

“We are out of threat, please help me carry her to our cabin, please?” The captain came up deck with some of the crew members. I left the wheel and walked over to help carry the bag of sand.

Immediately I scooped her into my arms, she snuggled closer and sighed with contentment. My eyes softened, she belonged in my arms, strange, but true. How, was what I needed answers to.

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To be continued.

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 WATER MATE

Water Mate – Chapter 4

Mystery Mate Series present

By Authoress Kemmy B. Gabriel

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Finn’s standpoint

I walked around the room I was giving, studying the book in my hands. I had been waiting for years to get a clue and I finally found it. I was convinced that fate wanted me to find the gems, if not, why lead me to the exact person that knew how to get there? Speaking of which, that girl is really odd. I was starting to wonder what my connection with her is all about. Something was missing somewhere and I was going to find out soon enough.

A loud shocked scream made me snap my head to the door, she was falling into my room. I ran to her and caught her before she hit the ground, unintentionally did that. Her face fell on my chest, my hands around her torso. A sudden urge to keep her there and never let go overwhelmed me. It felt like she belonged in my arms, she was safer with me. Heavy breath left my mouth, breath obviously from shock. She held me tighter than I think even she realises, she was sniffing me but I am sure she wasn’t aware.

My lips were only few inches away from her hair, it rich but rather strange scent seduced my nostrils. She smelt very lovely, even if I had never inhaled such a scent before. I shook my head to snap out of it, I was losing it for some human, that is unacceptable.

“Are you alright?” I forced myself to ask. It seemed like neither of us was ready to let go. She was attracted to me because of my kind, mine was something else. Perhaps lust.

“Yeah, thank you,” she whispered huskily, her cold breath hitting my chest and making the hair at the back of my neck and arm bristle up. I could hear her heartbeat drumming at an unusual pace, just like mine was starting to accelerate, the fast pump of blood gushing through the channels of her veins.

My fangs extended as each flow arouse my hunger, igniting a desire to bite her. “What were you doing there in the first place?” It was a simple question, an obvious one. She was walking by and happened to see me through the partly opened door. But I had to get her away from me before I did something that would ruin everything.

“Are you going to answer that and get off me?”

“Please, it’s so comfortable in here,” a loud gasp left her mouth after she said that, a realisation that sent her jumping away from me. Her face was a thick shade of pink, she avoided my eyes and face entirely.

I scoffed and folded my arms, a knowing smirk playing on my lips. Maybe what I needed was just to get her laid and I would forget about her. But doing that was jeopardising the entire mission. But her sisters were there, they could handle it if she is out of the way. She made her ogling too obvious, mouth parted slightly like she was going to drool. I’d never really cared if any woman admired me, but for some reason, I felt hyped up that she liked what she saw.

“Ahem,” I coughed jestingly, it was time to put her out of her misery.

“I…I…er…I was…was…” she stammered, her hands were trembling so much. The poor thing was both confuse and mesmerised. She finally gathered her wit and glanced at my face to see my coy smile. It was amusing watching her battle herself for something so simple. “Stay away from me you pervert!” She shouted suddenly and took off.

Really? That’s the best you can do?

I chuckled, she was a child, a growing child.

Few hours after that unusual meeting, she insisted we gather at the poop deck so she could explain what was to come. I watched as she fidgeted, torturing herself by putting enough space between us, like I cared about what was going on with her.

“The Sea of Fallen Kings is dangerous but if you do what I say, none would be lost. The reason men always die there is because the sea creates illusion. It connects to your soul and mind and brings out your deepest and darkest secrets, fear, desires and problems. Using those, it get the people to kill each other or drain their life force when they let themselves be seduced by their desires. The point is, to get over the sea, each and everyone of you would bind your eyes, you can’t fall for what you can’t see.”

“But if we bind our eyes, how then would the captain steer the ship? We’d be fools driving into danger, sitting ducks.” The first mate protested openly.

“I will,” she replied with clear uncertainty.

“Can you steer the ship?” The loud one asked gigglingly.

“Well no, but it wouldn’t be that hard to steer it as long as I go through at a slow pace, right captain?” She asked, looking at the captain for answer.

“How about I drive?” I asked with an eye roll.

“You can fall for the illusion, how about that?” She looked away the moment she said that, remembering what happened few hours ago.

“Ocean, what am I?” I asked cryptically.

“That doesn’t stop it from affecting you, you are a man after all,” Claudia said with a shrug.

“A perverted one for that matter,” Ocean muttered, but I heard it. I decided to ignore her.

“I’ll drive, the rest of you would cover your eyes and no objections.” I said firmly.

“Humph, your funeral,” Claudia said indifferently. Ocean scurried off immediately, bending her head down to hide her already masked face. I pushed myself off the railing and walked after her, my feet moved on their own.

She walked to her room, muttering incoherent words to herself. I ran forward and blocked the door to her room, causing her to shriek with fright. “Darn it! Not you again!”

“I’ll advice you to stop making a fool out of yourself, I don’t care about what you are thinking…”

She scoffed and folded her arms. “And what exactly do you think I’m thinking Mr. Vampire? What is running through this girl’s head?”

That was something I couldn’t detect.

“You don’t know, and you can never know.”

“That is a completely different topic from what I’m talking about…”

“What do you even want with the gems, I can’t help you if you don’t tell me.”

“I pay you to do my work, what I want with it is none of your business.”

“Giving it to someone who would misuse it powers is against everything I stand for,” daring, she was daring me.

Suzanne’s standpoint

“I repeat, it’s none of your business,” he snarled, his eyes had turned red.

“It is and aah…” My back was slammed on the wooden wall in a flash, I groaned as the sharp pain from my back shot through me. He hissed into my face, bearing his fang at me. I know I should have been terrified that a vampire was hissing in anger, but he looked more adorable than scary.

“I am tolerating travelling on this common ship with a bunch of sticky dirty pirates and low life scums, ignoring every disrespectful words thrown my way. What I won’t tolerate is the likes of a human girl challenging me or trying to tell me what to do. I have waited for this day for more than a hundred years, some girl won’t hinder it.”

I watched the every movement of his ruby red lips, the way his tongue swept over his teeth and sent the words flowing like a musical note. His face was so close to mine I could feel every little breath from his mouth fan my face, his fresh lemon breath. My hands twitched to cup his face and kiss him, to have my lips pressed against his possibly honey coated heaven. It was insane! I WAS insane!

“…you got that?” I wasn’t going to let myself stare and embarrass myself again, no way. So instead of letting out that dreamy sigh itching my throat for freedom, or succumbing to the urge to kiss him, I growled animalistically and pushed him hard on the chest – not that it made any difference – to get him away from me.

“Don’t you dare snarl on my face you blood sucking devil,” I warned harshly, “I am not afraid of you and certainly won’t have a being like you use me to destroy others. If my helping you would endanger the world, why then should I help you? You can’t kill me, you do that and you die before you get to the temple, so you definitely need my help. Now I’m going to repeat it again, what do you want with the gems?”

My heart hammered against my chest violently, I was waiting for his attack, his hurtful words or anything. Funnily enough, he only smiled sadly, a distant look in his eyes that were clouded with pain. Finn stepped away from me and looked at his side, that far away look still in his eyes.

“You sound like her,” he said sadly.

“Huh?”

“I need the gems to resurrect my sister, that’s why.”

“Oh,” I breathe, “how did she die?” His head snapped to me, his dark murderous glare had return. “What? Too personal?”

“Let’s play it this way, I don’t try to get in on your personal space and you don’t get into mine. Don’t get on my bad side kid, you might think you know me but trust me when I say you have no idea who I really am. Don’t make me jump back to my element, you won’t like it.” The wind whooshed, blowing into my face as he sped off.

His warning was clear, but I wasn’t going to listen.

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“Well sink me! We’ve arrived at the sea of doom!” Captain Leadbeard shouted. “All eyes closed!” The men began tearing off their clothes to tie their eyes and some even blocked their ears.

“Are you sure you don’t want to tie your eyes?” Sandra asked with concern.

“Positive, the dark magic of the sea doesn’t affect me, I know it tricks.”

“And that one?” Claudia asked, jerking her head towards Finn who was taking over the wheel.

“Just leave him,” I sighed, I finally tied the knot well. I pat their shoulders and walked over to the pool deck to join the scallywag. “Ye know, if ye gets hypnotised, I’ll have to whack ye with a plank,” I said jokingly. He rolled his eyes.

“Don’t be a grouch laddy, I swear on my tail that I would watch over ye lacking butt so… Whoa!” I exclaimed. Finn suddenly turned the wheel harshly, sending the crew flying sideway. It was a good thing I was close to him, I held his bicep to stop me from flying too. “You did that on purpose,” I pouted. Damn! He couldn’t see my mouth.

“Stop talking and let me drive!” He shouted angrily. I let go of his bicep and turned my head away, rude man.

The sea was quite dark, the dark blue showed how much dark magic it consumed. I knew that if my feet touched the water, he would find me instantly, his presence was here. Fear began to sip in, my heartbeat accelerated at the thought of him finding me. I instinctively dropped my hood down further, even though my mask was already doing a good job of covering my face. I bent my head down, I was starting to panic for no reason.

The quietness of the sea was so thick a pin dropped into the water would make a loud echo. I roamed my eyes around, dark energy had covered the ship in the form of a black mist. I looked at Finn, his hands were quivering as he looked ahead, he was seeing something. And he was boasting, I scoffed and walked closer to him. I placed my left palm over his eyes to shut it out.

“It isn’t real, it is all an illusion,” I spoke into his ear softly.

“I’m aware, but what I’m seeing is worth seeing. I won’t go to it, but seeing her is worth it.”

“Your sister?” He nodded and sighed heavily. “Should I take off my hand?”

“No, I don’t think I want to see her anymore. Just tell me where to steer the ship to.” He instructed. Who knew a vampire could be so sad.

“Aye aye captain!” I shouted playfully. I placed my other hand on the wheel and assisted him in steering the ship. After a few minutes of slow and steady driving, we were out of the dangerous sea. “That should do it!”

“Now, get your filthy hand off my eyes,”

“Wait, seriously?” I asked incredulously. He yanked my hand off and pushed me away, like I was a disease. The insult was stronger than any I had ever faced.

“Right,” I hissed, “you can untie your eyes, we are out.” I huffed out and stomped towards the sleeping cabins. The guy is just too annoying.

“Hey! You haven’t told me where I’m heading to next!” He shouted after me. I whirled around to face him, pushing my hood back so he would she my glare.

“Well Mr. Strong and Mighty, why don’t you figure that out yourself!”

“Remember I am paying you for your service, now be a good servant and tell your master where next he is taking this ship to.” He had a very taunting smirk on, he was intentionally frustrating me.

“Well sorry master, but I have a strong memory lost so do it yourself,” I threw the map into the air. “Goodnight!”

“Come back here you little…” I slammed the door loudly. Arrogant bastard. I had just made it to my room when he appeared behind me. “You are pushing me, don’t challenge me!”

“You ungrateful imp! You don’t get to talk to me the way you like, I helped you back there!”

“I didn’t ask for your help!” He screamed into my face. “I was just fine with my hallucination before you came and ruined it!”

“Seriously!” I shouted incredulously, throwing my hands up in exasperation. “That wasn’t what you said when you let me cover your eyes! I don’t even know why you are acting up over nothing!”

“Who stated yelling first, you or me?” He sneered. I opened my mouth to scream again, but I knew it was for waste.

“You know what, fine! The next course is Sirens Bay, let’s see you overcome that because I won’t save your sorry butt!”

“Do not insult me mortal!” He barked out, one that made me scream and fall on the floor. My heart literally jumped to my mouth, he briefly showed me his full monstrous face. I placed my hand on my chest as I gasped for breath, he almost gave me a heart attack. “I will not be patronised by a frail being of your kind!”

“My kind, my kind, my kind, can your head ever construct anything else to say?” I couldn’t believe I was still talking. I was usually the less talking type but my spirit refused to be insulted by a mere vampire.

He stared at me in stupefaction, I still had mouth to speak after seeing his face. “This mere fragile human is the one leading you to what your pitiful kind could never find and even if found, can’t get it. You need this weak human or you ain’t getting anything!”

He threw his head back and laughed humorlessly, “is that why you are so confident? Because you really believe I need you? You already brought out the true map, what do I need you for?”

“Oh really? Fine then,” I folded my arms stubbornly. “You are on your own from now on, get yourself there and if my sister’s wish, they can help you. Now leave the room of the human.” I commanded. He rolled his eyes over my body and sneered once more.

“Humans are so pathetic,”

“And vampires are hopeless lost souls,”

“You’ll regret your actions soon enough.” And with that, he was gone in a flicker. I scoffed loudly.

Let’s see you get through without my help.

“Set course for Siren Bay!” I heard him shout at the upper deck. Claudia and Kassandra walked in, they looked amused beyond doubt.

“Wow Suz, I can’t believe he is getting under your skin,” Sandra said amusedly.

“Please, don’t even start. That guy is both annoying and stupid!” I yelled at the top of my voice so he could hear me. “You hear that you blood sucking demon! You are stupid!!!”

“Calm down Suzanne, I have never seen you like this before, what’s up?” Claudia asked with the same amusement as she rubbed my shoulder.

Why was I even severely pissed? I breathe out to calm myself down. “I don’t know what is wrong with me, I act erratically around him.”

“Do you think that maybe – just thinking aloud here – you are his mate?” Sandra asked nervously, “it can be.” We all exchanged look, right before we burst into laughter.

“Nay,” we laughed. Mate? Mermaids don’t have mates and vampires rarely have mates as well.

Rarely, but not impossible.

Shut up subconscious, he is not my mate. I’m not even an ordinary mermaid, remember?

“I’m just going to get my legs soaked, I’m exhausted,” I spoke out to avoid any further disturbing conversation.

“Suzanne, I think Captain Leadbeard is planning something,” Claudia chipped in. “I overheard him saying something to his first mate. I’m not sure, but I think we should be careful.”

“I know,” I smiled. A pirate is a pirate.

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I was floating in the sea, my beautiful tail making my swim a natural comfort. This was where I belonged, this was my home. “Ocean,” a voice called musically, that voice I knew so well. I sat on the water, the water acted like a chair for me. “Ocean…”

I looked on over the ocean, like my eyes had microscopic zoom to see anything at any end of the world. There he was, standing on shore and glittering like the star. He held out his hand to me, calling me out to come into his embrace. With one thrash of my tail, I found myself at the edge of the sea. I swam closer to shore where he was waiting for me, smiling with open arms. My tail morphed into two limbs, two slender legs to walk to him.

“Ocean,” he called out again, taking my dainty hand in his. His voice was like an ocean whisper, like a soft evening breeze. He pulled me into his arms and stared into my eyes with so much love and contentment. He was contended with me, contended with having just me and me alone. “Ocean,” he called again, our lip only an inch apart.

“Ocean! Wake up you idiot!” My eyes snapped open, I had been awaken from my sleep. The subject of my beautiful sleep stood at the foot of the bed, shoving my foot harshly with an impatient look. I glared at him through the curtain of my hair, grouched and turned onto my side and buried my face in the pillow, tearing my foot away from his grasp.

“Leave me alone,” I mumbled sleepily, to which the fool yanked my foot rougher. I jolted around with a twist, the content of my stomach swishing because of the sudden motion. “Get lost.”

“I need you up deck, wake up!”

“Ten more minutes,” I murmured huffily. He yanked the cover off me, giving the wind authority to pierce my skin. I huffed in annoyance and blew out some of the hair from my eyes. I pushed myself onto my knees and hands and looked at him over my shoulder. I knew he couldn’t see my face, my hair shielded my face properly.

“What do you want?”

“Something is wrong with the map, I need you to check what’s wrong.”

“I thought you didn’t need the puny enervated human,” I mocked.

“This is hurting my pride, don’t anger me more and stop shoving your ass in my f…” I fell on the bed with a puff. Snuggling back in bed. “Oh come on!”

“Leave me alone, you can’t make me wake up when I don’t want to.”

“Shocker,” he said sardonically and before I knew it, his strong hand yanked me onto his shoulder.

“Hey! Put me down!” He roughly bounced me and headed out to the upper deck. “I demand you put me down! I do not deserve such! My face is exposed!”

“I’m sure the bush you call a hair will protect you,”

“Er, rude!” I shrieked. “young man, put me down! I am a lady!”

“Yeah right,” he climbed onto the poop deck and tossed me on the floor. My ass collided with the floor. I can swear something cracked. I covered my face frantically, using my hair as a shield. “Now, where to?” He asked bossily. He threw the map on my laps.

“If you knew any better, you would know that only the mouth who freed it can see it,” I stuck my tongue out to him, foolish move. I got hair in my mouth. “See? You need me.” I said conceitedly, spitting out my hair.

“Fine, tell us which of the Sirens Bay we are heading to? Siren Bay East, or West?”

“Siren Bay Hades,” I said gigglingly.

“Ocean!”

“I’m not saying until you apologise for being mean,” I said defiantly, folding my arms to exaggerate my point.

“Claudia!” Finn yelled. My eyes widened, he knows her name?

“He guessed,” Claudia chuckled, “and sister, stop playing hard to get and…”

“No, he has to apologise and promise to be nice to me from now on.”

“Ever heard of over your dead body?” He sneered.

“Very well then, let’s keep wandering the ocean, it’ll be fun.”

“Lad, just apologise to the nice lassie,” I nodded in agreement to Captain Leadbeard’s words. Finn ran his fingers through his hair, babbling to himself in a mutter.

“Okay, sorry,” he bellowed out harshly.

“I’m sorry, is that how your mother taught you to apologise?” Sandra asked drily.

“She didn’t teach me how to, but she did teach me how to twist annoying girl’s necks, starting with yours.” Sandra sealed her lips immediately, she was afraid of him.

“Guess what jerk, I’m not afraid of you so I am not shutting up anytime soon. Now let’s try it again, what did you say?”

If eyes could kill, consider me a dead girl. His glare was so intense the crew and captain stepped back. I threw my head to the side stubbornly, showing him that I meant business. He sighed heavily, defeated sigh. “Fine, I’m sorry for what I said yesterday.”

“Is that it?” I asked sneeringly.

“And I promise to be less aggressive and arrogant until I find an opportunity to murder you.”

“Tut Tut Tut, not good enough mister, try that again,”

“And I won’t insult your being, better?” He snarled impatiently.

“I will manage that, just because I pity you,” his hands balled into fists, I was playing with fire. “Now help your queen up and do it gently, like a gentleman,” I demanded coolly. The crew members laughed.

“I swear, after all of this, I’ll kill you myself,” he grouched as he pulled me up gently.

“Until then sweetheart,” I said smilingly, patting his cheek. He grabbed my hand and squeezed it aggressively. I whimpered in pain and yanked my hand away. “You are to head to Sirens Heart…”

“Sirens Heart!” They all exclaimed in shock.

“Whoa, whoa whoa! No one said anything about Sirens Heart! That’s the motherland of sirens!” That was Claudia.

“If you don’t want to go you can all throw yourselves overboard, we are going and that’s final.”

“Confident, confident,” I said whimsically, “I like that. Let’s just hope your confidence is enough to survive the calls of the sirens, you are all seafood.” I laughed. I headed back below deck, letting my mock laughter haunt them.

“And Finn, you look terrible in that pantaloon!” I shouted after me. Everyone laughed again.

“Again, not a pantaloon!!!” He thundered.

Did I say stay away from him? I meant never stop pestering him.

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 WATER MATE

Water Mate – Chapter 1

Mystery Mate Series present

By Authoress Kemmy B. Gabriel

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Red cape floating behind him, red silk whipping in the air, swirling around his ankles in a glorious air dance and back to the ground in a graceful floor sweep. His heavy angry face and huffy breath echoed in the quiet hallway. The hallway was decorated with the best of most: portraits of Kings and queens, princes and princesses, and all those noble, royal bloodlines. Pottery works of ancient making, sculptures of the most skilled hands, and wall painting of rose gold. Soldiers with everlasting warrior gene running through their veins stood at each side of the walls, dressed in their glorious attire of black and grey cape of magic conjuring.

King Finn moved like an angry wind, muttering to himself as he made his way to his throne room. How ironic it was for him to be summoned to his own throne room. An insult to a vampire King equal to none. But for the sake of the peace he was sent down to hold, he had to tolerate it. The two soldiers at the black double doors opened it quickly, before their king would fling them away. His anger could be perceived from miles, the redness of his eyes announcing his annoyance and utter displeasure. The mutters of his mouth struck fear into their hearts, Finn was not a being to mess with.

Stomping into the throne room, he sneered at the two elves standing there patiently. “Greetings sire,” the first one with pale white hair greeted, bowing his head low. “Sorry to have disturbed you but the matter at hand is very import…” Finn raised his hand, shutting him up instantly. He quietly walked to his throne, whipped his cape aside and sat down. The two elves and his royal advisor watched him carefully, every single move he made looked like a deadly threat to them.

“Now, why are you here?” Light, his voice was light but filled with so much authority.

“The Human Safety Agency sent us,” the one with light brown hair stuttered because of the death glare he assumed Finn was throwing at him.

“I believe I’m not dumb, I can tell,” he spat venomously.

“I’m sorry if we disturb you in anyways, but they thought that is was right to bring a pressing new discovery to your knowledge, something to do with your vampires.” The white haired explained as boldly as he could, he was scared out of his wit.

“What is it about my vampires that I don’t know?” Finned scoffed mirthlessly.

“Blood bath inns have been running in the human dimension, one older than the other,” they paused, waiting for him to speak.

“Impossible,” Casmir, his royal advisor protested. “no one can dare open such inns after the king himself made it illegal…”

“Silence,” Finn snapped, ” don’t elevate me when you are aware that it is impossible for me to know it all. I told you to place watchers at every possible corner of the world in case of rebels, so how am I not aware? Doesn’t mean that this is your failure?”

“I…I…I…” Casmir bowed his head, unable to speak further.

“Now, tell me everything I need to know,” he sighed, tired of the conversation. He had two ladies waiting for him at his chamber. And he rather be there than here.

“The three inns are owned by one person but controlled by two extra managers. The inns belongs to Lord Craig, a two thousand years old vampire. The first inn is run by him, been running for six months now. The second is run by Lord Bancroft’s daughter, Lady Rosalind, been active for four months. And the last is run by Ellian Truce, active for three months. The total number of human lives lost to this activity is eighty five.”

“Lord Bancroft’s daughter, right?” I asked with a dark chuckle. That girl likes daring me, just because we once had a thing.

“Yes sire, and this file contains everything you need to know about them, their locations and the names of all the employees and vampires visiting the inns. The agency hope it would sorted out before anymore lives will be claimed.”

“Or before… Alpha Kale finds…” The brown haired coughed nervously. “Before Alpha Kale finds out that…” Finn stood up immediately, the mention of that name meant trouble and all knew that. He knew how jokeless the ruthless alpha was. All he cared about was protecting his kind and making sure the unknown creature killing them is found.

Finn was powerful, that he knew. But he also knew that even though he was older, the alpha in question was equally as powerful as he was. Never in his six hundred and thirty three years life had he faced a force like the mysterious alpha. “What is this about Alpha Kale?” He asked coolly with one brow raised.

“Though the council haven’t told him yet, five werewolves were murdered when they came across these inns. He was told that the creatures killed them but…”

“Are they from his pack?” He couldn’t help the sudden skip of his heart, he really didn’t have strength for any war right now, not after the incident with Alva. The last thing he needed was an angry werewolf bursting in to yell at his face or smash his head against his throne. Don’t annoy the alpha with a terrible anger, one immune to silver. He found that out the hard way.

“Only one is, the others aren’t,” Finn breathe out in relief. “Alpha Carlyle assured us that his friend would never find out if only you can take care of this.”

“Tell the council that this problem would be handled soonest,” Finn concluded, leaving no room for more talks.

“Thank you sire,” they bowed. The white haired passed the blue file to Casmir before they both disappeared into white and blue dust.

“Casmir,’ Finn growled, causing his heart to accelerate as a new wave of fear took over. “where are the inns located?” He barked. Casmir tremulously opened the file and swept his eyes through the information.

“The main inn is located in Sarunn district on Mego Island, while the other is spread out in the upper and lower side of Barcelona.”

“You and Axel would go to Barcelona with the squads, I want the managers brought back alive and all the employees dead. Every single vam that visits these inns should be either brought dead or alive. If they try to resist, kill them, including Lady Rosalind.”

“And the main one? We would have to board a ship to get to Mego Island, and Lord Craig is a powerful one.” Casmir pointed out with destress. He couldn’t fight an old Lord as strong as Craig, maybe Axel could but the victory wasn’t guaranteed.

“Hmm,” Finn grumbled, he knew what it meant. For the first time since a century, he was going to leave his castle for a stupid old vampire.

Craig would regret it.

Claudia’s standpoint

I looked behind me to check if they were catching up on us. The men were hot on our trail, pursuing us like their money depended on it. Well, literally, it did, since we robbed them.

“This way!” Kassandra shouted. Kassandra was my younger sister, a small but very fast girl. I’m sure you are wondering who we are. A simple introduction then.

My name is Claudia Wolf, twenty nine years old beauty – if I do say so myself – and the eldest amongst my sister. According to dad, our ancestors were best praised for their great tracking skills and unity, like a wolf pack. That was where the name came from. So, my father was an hunter and a merchant before he died at sea. Two years later, my mother who was a sailor died at the hands of pirate, leaving their five daughters to fend for themselves. Unfortunately, two died out of starvation because somebody had to claim our properties and throw us into the streets. That was when I knew we had to do anything to survive, including using our skills to get what we want. I was seventeen then.

What are our skills? I was a heck of a fighter, could swing a perfect punch with my eyes close and fight with swords like they are a part of me. I was taking lessons from our chief bodyguard before everything went south. So with a little more self training and of course, hiding in a warrior school to learn more, I learnt how to fight well. Even taught my siblings some cool moves to defend themselves. As the eldest, it was my duty to worry and find out new places to rob but not my duty think. I am a terrible thinker. I can do what one say but never be the one to make the plan. That job belonged to the youngest among us, Suzanne. She was just a year younger than Kassandra.

Suzanne was taller, more beautiful and well, odd. She was our strategizer, analyzer and all those thinking stuff. She was also our emergency escape and temptress. Very manipulative and could seduce any information out of one’s mouth. Very handy I say. She wasn’t as good at fighting as Kassandra, but she was a great archer and fan fighter. Kassandra is our professional thief. She is so good at snatching things that she is capable of stealing your ears and you won’t know. That’s how good she is. The other thing about her is her speed, that girl can be compared to a cheetah. She also had agility to her list of skills making her the perfect mini thief. Kassandra was twenty seven and Suzanne twenty six.

Together, we were The Wind. At least that’s what Sandra calls it.

Now, back to where we were. Sandra led the way to where she knew. She’s good at navigating… “Crap!” I exclaimed, she led us to the edge of the cliff. Well, not that good at navigating but hey, we can’t all be great. She’s a tracker while Suzanne navigates.

The men chuckled darkly as they drawled closer to us, smirking and waving their swords. Sandra gulped, turning around to face them. “nowhere to go little thieves,” one said chucklingly. I smirked and cocked my hips.

“Oh really?” I looked at the drop over my shoulder. “When things get tight,”

“Look on to our emergency escape,” Sandra completed.

“What are you talking about? Just get these witches!”

I clasped Sandra’s hand against mine and smirked again. “catch us if you can boys,” I sent them a wink, right before we fell backwards, falling down the cliff.

“They are crazy!” I heard them yell before we splashed into the water, the cold liquid piercing our skins. Sure, it was dangerous to jump into the cursed sea surrounding our island, not when they were wild creatures waiting to eat you the moment you land. But we weren’t scared, we had a secret weapon.

I looked beyond the water, holding my breath and whipping my hands and legs so I won’t drown. I could see her coming, her hair had taken on it glowing golden brown form with electric purple dust shimmering on the surface of her hair, flowing to the tip of her hair and floating into the water, leaving a bright light behind her. Her whole body gushed out the same purple dust, her scales shimmering like a moonlight crystal. She was beautiful even with her scales cupping her shimmering scaly face. The scales on her face looked like diamonds, pretty silver diamonds. Her pink gills at the sides of her neck flapped open and close, I could see it because I was use to seeing it.

She swam closer to us, no tail but her legs were filled with scales that made them look like crystallising diamonds. I rolled my eyes away when it came across the crevasse of her breasts, she took off her dress and left herself in her inner garment.

“Hey sisters,” she giggled, I glared at her to get us out of here before we die of lack of oxygen. She ran her tongue over her orchid purple lips before taking our hands. Her sea blue eyes turned pink, the pink extending to her scaly hands and transferring to us, giving us the ability to breathe under water too. Well, as long as she was holding us. “That’s more like it,” she smiled. We couldn’t talk like her, but at least we could breathe. “Did you get the gem?” Sandra raised the bag to show her. “Perfect, let’s go, mission accomplished.”

And with that, she pulled us along with her, swimming with a speed no human could conquer. I won’t call us thieves, we were just three girls who get paid to collect items for special clients, girls who never failed, girls who needed to survive. I guess that makes us survivors. And we were just fine the way we were.

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