Chapter 86
When the water abruptly smoothed into a glass-like stillness, Marina knew with a jolt of dark satisfaction that the blood offering had been the key. The whirlpools hadn't been mere turbulence; they were a rapacious warning from Baltasar, and the scent of primordial DNA was now a trail leading him directly to her. Marina smirked triumphantly, savoring the realization that she no longer needed to find the Siren King. He was going to come to her.
“What happened? Why did it stop?” the captain asked, his voice trembling as he wiped the salt from his eyes.
“Nothing you need to concern yourself with,” Marina replied coldly. She stared at the water, still clutching the sobbing Aurora. The child’s cries were a grating noise she had no patience for. “Take her below. Patch the wound and
