Free Sea Witch: Children of the Waves by LaVerne Thompson Page A

creature, but his
energy shots merely bounced off its armored hide, before she could pull up her
magic and add it to his. An inky darkness engulfed the monster as it sped away
from them.
    They had no choice but to give chase. It
had Shawnah.
    Raising her hands, she attempted to send
a flash of light through the muck the thing created in its wake, but it merely
got swallowed.
    The dolphins tried to enter the dark
water, but did not come back out.
    All she heard were the screaming sounds
of their death cries. The water surrounding the creature was poison. This was
no ordinary demon from the dark depths—this one was birthed from Hades.
    Sienna called off the remaining dolphins.
She already knew where the thing was going. Where it was taking Shawnah. She
and Aaron could not do this alone, they would need help. She slowed.
    Aaron had moved past her quite a ways,
then turned to look for her and saw she was no longer right behind him. “What
is it?” he asked while coming back to her side.
    “We need help. I know where they are
going. Come, we will need the king for this.”
    “But Shawnah—?”
    “I know. We will get her back.”
    Turning, they headed for King’s City, but
the dolphins had already relayed her message to the king.
    The king and his bride met them halfway.
He approached with a contingent of five warriors with him. “What the fuck is
going on? Where is it?” he asked before they had even come alongside them.
    “There is much I have to tell you first,
my king,” Sienna stated.
    “What’s going on? The dolphins told me a
dark demon attacked a boat and neither you, nor Aaron could destroy it.”
    “That is all true, but someone of
importance was on the boat. It is the reason I needed more time to open the
portal,” she responded.
    He frowned. “I don’t understand. I
thought we were trying to close the damn thing?”
    “We will need to go to Ezekiel’s island.
I will have to explain this to all of you. I promise all will be clear then.”
    “Very well, witch. But make no mistake, I
want to know what the fuck is going on here, because now demons are attacking
landwalkers.”
    As one, they all turned in the direction
of Ezekiel’s island.
     

    As a precaution, Xav sent his warriors
back to King’s City and they continued on, just the four of them. When they
rose out of the water and were able to walk toward shore, they found Zek and
Des already there waiting for them. It was about two in the morning by then, so
Aurora was nowhere around. Hopefully, she wouldn’t awaken.
    “Xav, what the fuck?” Were the first
words out of Zek’s mouth to his brother.
    Cori reached toward Des and the women hugged.
    Xav turned to Sienna. “The Sea Witch, I
believe, has something to tell us.”
    Zek bowed toward Sienna. “Greetings, Sea
Witch. I forgot my manners. Welcome to my home. This is my bride, Des. Des,
this is the Sea Witch, our sage advisor, if you will.”
    Des held out her hand toward Sienna in
the manner of a human greeting. “Hello, welcome.”
    Sienna smiled and stepped from beside
Aaron. She placed both of her hands over Des.
    Something in her manner gave Aaron pause.
    “Sienna.” The moment her name left his lips,
she dropped to the ground and from the gasps of everyone around, so did the
illusion she wore of youth.
    “What the fuck? She’s not a child, but
full grown?” Xavior roared.
    “Oh, my God! Is she okay?” Des cried.
    “You know her true name?” Zek asked while
he stared at Aaron.
    Aaron ignored them all. He dropped to the
ground to cradle his fallen mate in his arms. “Sienna.” He shook her slightly,
but she didn’t budge.
    “Take her into the sea, let the water
surround her,” Xav suggested.
    Aaron picked her up in his arms and did
as instructed.
    As soon as he’d submerged her in the
water, she opened her eyes. “I am well, beloved,” she said stroking the side of
his face.
    He placed his forehead against her own.
“You scared the fuck outta me. Don’t do that. I