Zen leapt off of the boat after her Father. The anchor would keep the boat from drifting off for the next 24 hours, but they would probably remain close, just in case someone came across the empty vessel and thought they were in trouble.
She braced herself as the transformation started and though it was still extremely painful it felt almost bearable to her, she couldn’t help but wonder if it had something to do with the full-blooded adult mermaid swimming a few feet away from her.
She tried to sneak a glance at him, but he was hiding his emotions behind a brick wall and she couldn’t sense if he was using his powers or not. It made her a little uneasy to be reminded how effortlessly he could block her out of his head and how easily he could get into hers.
The transformation was over q
