Chapter Five ★ Shopping Cont’
｡☆✼★━ Luna ━★✼☆｡
Fabric tore with a resounding bubbling rip. Blood wafted from the wound and encircled around my arm. I looked down at the bite marks that oozed yellow puss along with the blood. The broken skin had turned a dark shade of grey.
Augh. For Triton’s sake. Doc did a lousy job again. Dang it. Now my hand is worse off than if I didn’t even see him. I’ll throttle the shrimp if I lose this hand.
Pearl was at my side in a flash and handed me a cloth to place over the wound. A searing pain raced up my arm as the fabric touched the angry wound. I bit my lower lip. The taste of copper tingled on my taste buds.
Energy buzzed about and hummed in my ears. Electricity danced about the surface of my skin and raised into tiny bumps. The grey portions spread out from the wound.
Intense pain struck me like a lightening bold. Like every single bone in my body broke a part. Joints dislocated with a sickening snap and realigned themselves in a new location. It felt like eons. Someone close by was screaming their head off.
Wait… I’m screaming… the pain is too much… I cried out, “Pearl! Make it stop!”
That’s when everything went dark. The only thing that was constant were the thrumming of each merpeople’s heartbeat. A constant beat that lured my senses into high gear. Their scent a delicious aroma that beckoned for a small bite.
A fire took residence in my throat. I needed something to drink and fast. Bebes weren’t going to cut it. I followed the first scent and grabbed the merperson closest to my right.
Their screams echoed but I didn’t care. For their blood slaked my burning throat. I wiped my chin and sought out another to dampen the ever consuming flame that egged me on to drink more blood.
Merpeople were screaming all around me and I could not grab anymore. The burning sensation continued to grow and I began to get desperate. I thrashed around the room tossing chairs and tables seeking out my next victim.
A young female’s voice commanded, “Luna, stop.”
I whirled around, this body is so powerful, to find the direction that the voice called. I held my position and waited for her to say another word. Silence.
Inhaling the seawater through the sensitive nose I could pick up where she was hiding out. Infrared heat began to filter in and revealed where in the cafe she stood. The mermaid pointed a device at me.
Foolish girl. This body is invincible. Time to teach her a lesson.
Her voice shook, “Luna, please. Stop this. This isn’t you.”
Pearl? Is that you?
Primal urges pushed past and broke the spell the mermaid held on me. With a growl my mouth widened as I lunged forward to fulfill the most basic need… the need to feed.
A loud bang went off as a wall hit me. Every bone in my body shook. I laid on the sandy floor and gazed up into the water ceiling to see Pearl and Ray hanging over me.
Ray held my hand and Pearl said, “Luna, hang in there. We’ll get this fixed. I promise.”
Strong arms picked up my massive body up from the ground. Fast currents whipped past my ears and hair. I nestled into Ray’s embrace.
I closed my eyes and let the soothing currents lull me to sleep.
‧͙⁺˚*·༓☾ – Chapter 5 :: Shopping Done – Stay tuned for Chapter 6… –☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙
