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Water pressed in all around me, demanding I did something about the terrible situation I'd ended up in. I could see other mer around me, each trying to speak to me. No doubt to tell me they wanted their souls back. Some were even shouting that it was my fault they'd lost it in the first place.
I shook my head. That couldn't be right. No one had lost their soul since me, there hadn't been time. And even if there had been, I was certain dad would be keeping a closer eye on everyone now I'd disappeared. Maybe I should have told him where I was going and what I planned to do. No doubt he'd worked it out, but it might have been better actually coming from me.
"It's all your fault, Demetra," one of the mer spat out.
Wait...Demetra? That wasn’t my name. The only person I’d met with that nam
