This is so much worse than I could’ve ever imagined.
Angelo and I look at each other, breathing heavily and silently. We watch in horror as the vampire queen and her minions stalk toward the village.
We thought we could get the village to turn on her, and all we’ve done is awakened a sleeping beast. We’ve turned her on the village.
When she’s finally a safe distance from us, I take a deep breath as I realize what I have to do.
“We can’t defeat her on our own,” I say. “And my time on land is limited anyway. I need to return to the sea and get help.”
“Help?” Angelo asks.
I nod. “I’ll see if the other sirens are willing to come to our aid.”
“Wait…” he says, “There are more of you?”
“Yes,” I answer sadly. “Unfortunately Merlin cursed all of my friends along with me. They may be angr
