Torrents (DROPLETS Trilogy Book 3) Read Online Free
Author: Meaghan Rauscher
better that time,” he noted and waited for Sean’s exclamations to stop. “He was definitely hooked on what you were telling him.”
“I don’t know if that’s true,” I denied even though it was the best result I’d had this week. “But it was better. Were you actually trying? It looked like it, but I was able to bend your will to mine so much easier.”
Sean glanced up, holding the wet t-shirt away from his body, “Yeah. I was trying to force it back this time even though I let you in at first.”
“I knew that,” I said. It had been all too easy to get him to look me in the eye. We had found an open and unsuspecting mind was the easiest to manipulate, however when someone tried to fight back, I usually had trouble. But today had proven I might be able to manage it.
Practices such as these had been taking place ever since I had returned to Coveside, at King Oberon’s bidding. At that point in time I had done everything on my own, but it wasn’t enough. After Morven’s visit, I’d decided it was time to really learn the power both the king and the merman, who transformed me, thought I had.
Flashes of the conversation with the king both haunted and excited me. I was still weeks away from my birthday, and therefore without the ten blades which would eventually retract from my fingers. Until that time, all I had as a weapon of protection was the dagger, which was always strapped against my left wrist. It never left my person during the day and rested beneath my pillow at night. It was all I had to protect myself, so if there was some way to use my voice to keep others at bay, then I would learn how to do it.
But it wasn’t the real reason the king had wanted me to practice. His thought was to take what Morven had given me and use it against him. Ever since I had been changed, Morven had been waiting patiently for me to turn eighteen and gain my full abilities as a mermaid. Not only would I have retractable blades, but I would have improved sight and hearing. However, his main concern was solely focused on the mythical creatures called sirens. He believed I could be one, and his judgment was right, after what I had proven today. It was possible for me to persuade and control someone into doing my bidding by using my voice.
It was a shock to me when I realized mere weeks ago just how intricate Morven’s plans were. What had seemed like a seed planted by his mother, turned into a dangerous and deadly plot threatening the lives of all merfolk. Nerissa, Morven’s mother, was at the core of all that had happened. She began a scheme in which she would transform humans, with particular qualities, into merfolk and then use them to overthrow King Oberon and his now departed wife, Cordelia. Her design had been to create two ultimate weapons: One to enslave, the other to maintain and Morven had followed through on the first.
His work on Patrick had been proven to me time and time again when his warrior didn’t remember who I was. He now went by the name Zale, and although his body was the same, his mind was different and he had no memory of who we used to be together. It was this mindless control Morven anticipated for me as well. The name Marina haunted me from the minute I woke until I finally fell asleep at night, and even then my dreams were sometimes haunted by the thought of her.
Morven planned to turn me into a mindless and controllable siren, with the ability to enslave those around her with her voice. My only hope was to take what power he suspected I had and learn how to control it in such a way that I could use it against him. It was a farfetched shot, but the only one I had left to play. I would do everything within my power and strength to resist what Morven had planned because I had seen what he could do. Although Zale had left Morven’s side, he was still so unlike the person he used to be, and I was frightened of
“I don’t know if that’s true,” I denied even though it was the best result I’d had this week. “But it was better. Were you actually trying? It looked like it, but I was able to bend your will to mine so much easier.”
Sean glanced up, holding the wet t-shirt away from his body, “Yeah. I was trying to force it back this time even though I let you in at first.”
“I knew that,” I said. It had been all too easy to get him to look me in the eye. We had found an open and unsuspecting mind was the easiest to manipulate, however when someone tried to fight back, I usually had trouble. But today had proven I might be able to manage it.
Practices such as these had been taking place ever since I had returned to Coveside, at King Oberon’s bidding. At that point in time I had done everything on my own, but it wasn’t enough. After Morven’s visit, I’d decided it was time to really learn the power both the king and the merman, who transformed me, thought I had.
Flashes of the conversation with the king both haunted and excited me. I was still weeks away from my birthday, and therefore without the ten blades which would eventually retract from my fingers. Until that time, all I had as a weapon of protection was the dagger, which was always strapped against my left wrist. It never left my person during the day and rested beneath my pillow at night. It was all I had to protect myself, so if there was some way to use my voice to keep others at bay, then I would learn how to do it.
But it wasn’t the real reason the king had wanted me to practice. His thought was to take what Morven had given me and use it against him. Ever since I had been changed, Morven had been waiting patiently for me to turn eighteen and gain my full abilities as a mermaid. Not only would I have retractable blades, but I would have improved sight and hearing. However, his main concern was solely focused on the mythical creatures called sirens. He believed I could be one, and his judgment was right, after what I had proven today. It was possible for me to persuade and control someone into doing my bidding by using my voice.
It was a shock to me when I realized mere weeks ago just how intricate Morven’s plans were. What had seemed like a seed planted by his mother, turned into a dangerous and deadly plot threatening the lives of all merfolk. Nerissa, Morven’s mother, was at the core of all that had happened. She began a scheme in which she would transform humans, with particular qualities, into merfolk and then use them to overthrow King Oberon and his now departed wife, Cordelia. Her design had been to create two ultimate weapons: One to enslave, the other to maintain and Morven had followed through on the first.
His work on Patrick had been proven to me time and time again when his warrior didn’t remember who I was. He now went by the name Zale, and although his body was the same, his mind was different and he had no memory of who we used to be together. It was this mindless control Morven anticipated for me as well. The name Marina haunted me from the minute I woke until I finally fell asleep at night, and even then my dreams were sometimes haunted by the thought of her.
Morven planned to turn me into a mindless and controllable siren, with the ability to enslave those around her with her voice. My only hope was to take what power he suspected I had and learn how to control it in such a way that I could use it against him. It was a farfetched shot, but the only one I had left to play. I would do everything within my power and strength to resist what Morven had planned because I had seen what he could do. Although Zale had left Morven’s side, he was still so unlike the person he used to be, and I was frightened of
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