" NOOOOOOOO! " Ruby gasped over and over again. The Queen was surrounded by the entire mer-population.Like the pistil of a flower , covered by layers of petals, they were protecting their Queen who was in a trance like state. Immersed in her occult. Ruby watched as the mer- witches dropped dead one by one. Their blood tainting the waves. " What in heaven is happening! " But before Roe could get her questions answered, something dark lashed their way. They ducked to void. Lin spied Anjana and the mer-boy. " Roe, look over there! " The veil that had kept Anjana hidden all those years was lifted by Mia's touch. Now he was as visible to everyone else as he was to Mia. " That's the creature that helped Mia back at the Land of the Lakes! But...what is that beside

