Rosie POV
I stared across the bridge at the smiling Kret, apprehension weighing on me. I expected to find information, or directions to the ocean where I could find the dark merman at best. I didn’t think Kret would ask me to go with him. I was set on doing this alone. Being told to cross a strange bridge that appeared out of a magical black cloud over a large body of water all to enter a forest that appeared to be anything but welcoming was leaving me unsettled.
“You can find this dark merman?” I clarified one last time while heavily weighing what I was going to do.
“Oh, I can. I can do a great many things, my treasure. I am a powerful man. I will graciously use my power to help you in any way I can. That's what a friend does. Am I correct?”
His eyes darkened, and I felt a pull insi
