Bo wakes up to being aggressively shaken.
Lashing out, he hits whoever was shaking him only to get smacked in return, Lester's voice harsh and demanding,
"Wake yer dumb fuck of an ass up!"
Bo sits up, squinting at Lester who's standing in the darkness with a pissed off expression previously never worn. It makes Bo sit up immediately,
"Les? What-"
"They took em"
Bo feels like he's been doused in ice water and immediately gets up out of bed, staring at his brother,
"Where?!"
"Get yer ass in the living room" Lester says and goes off, allowing Bo to quickly get dressed and freshen his mouth before he heads out.
Michael, Lily, Rosalie and Vincent are sitting there. Rosalie's eyes snapped up to Bo and she hisses lowly, Bo makes no move to even try and defend himself from her inevitable wrath.
He failed Dolly.
"What happened?!" Bo demands, his voice slightly cracked and Lily looks up at Bo, her eyes red from crying,
"They took Dolly and Raphael"
Michael goes stiff as a board, Bo can't blame him. None of them are exactly anything other than tense, pissed and scared.
"Where?" Bo demands, looking frantic and no one has an answer.
"We'll have to get someone to talk somehow!" Lester says, starting to pace a bit and Rosalie frowns, staring at Bo from the corner of her eye. Her eyes fall on his shaky hands before she speaks,
"A siren"
"What?" Lester asks, staring at her,
"Sirens...they'd be able to get the truth, there's two I know who reside nearby"
Lily stares at Rosalie like she's insane, Rosalie stares right back,
"You have a better idea?!"
"Yea! Anything that doesn't involve the potential of being eaten!"
"Let's hope we bump into the brother then" Rosalie said, standing up,
"Anyone coming with me?"
"I'll come" Lester said, nodding,
"Me too" Bo said quickly and Lily gestured to Vincent and Michael,
"These two are quiet...we can sneak around and see if we can tell anything of what's happening"
"Good plan" Lester says, giving her a thumbs up before he, Bo and Rosalie leave.
Bo's uncharacteristically quiet. Lester is too and Rosalie is the one to break the silence,
"Y'know, they'll probably come for you eventually" she says and Bo looks at her,
"I know"
They all fall quiet at that, just walking the paths that slowly get more overgrown, Bo unable to tell the crashing waves from his rapidly beating heart.
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Message in a Bottle.
RomanceBo Sinclair is a fisherman to support his family. Merpeople are known but not well liked, however Bo doesn't pay attention to that mush. Until he risks his life to safe a mermaid. Then things get complicated for him, her and their families.
