The Mermaid Pirate

Chapter Fifteen: Raising Suspicion

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Chapter Fifteen 

Charlie's POV

"Are you alright," Aurora pauses, "Shimmer?" She says with humor in her light voice. 

Blinking, I forcefully peel my eyes off of Radiance's neck, "Yes, yeah sorry. I uh- wait what?" I continue but I shift over to our private link, slightly furious with her. "Shimmer? Do I look like a Shimmer to you?" 

"Aw come on, it's a cute name. It suits you with your sparkly, I mean, shimmering tail." Aurora giggles, struggling to keep a straight face infront of her brother and mate. 

"It's so girly!" I groan.

"What do you mean girly?" Aurora honestly asks, and I shake my head and she shrugs at me.

Radiance whispers over to Emmet, "What's going on?" 

"They're speaking through their mental bond." Emmet mumbles and Aurora gasps sharply. Idiot! You stupid creature! I scream at him, way to totally reveal myself to her! 

"Oh no, don't be stupid brother! Mental? We aren't mates! We were just..." Aurora trails off nervously.

I quickly jump in, "I wanted to see how the whole private thing works... I guess it does!" Radiance didn't look too convinced but she nodded her head stiffly, again her eyes flickering over to my tail. 

Emmet laughs loudly, covering up his mistake. "Of course, darling, I was just joking!" 

I thought it was rude to stare at a mermaid's tail, I thought bitterly to myself. Radiance has very similar markings on her tail like I have on mine, except I have slightly more towards the base of my tail. The faint, silvery lines travel in a spiral down from her waist to her tail with elegant designs weaving in and out. Mine are almost identical expect I have rows of smaller swirls and lines that design the fins of my tail. I wonder what that means.

How would it be possible that she would have the necklace that Johnny saw the mermaid holding? Perhaps she was the mermaid that kidnapped the child but she doesn't look exactly like her. She looks similar to her except her eyes are slightly a darker green color rather than the mermaid in the painting. Plus her tail is much more red-orange, and the baby was human. Her face is round while the mermaid's face was slightly heart shaped... Then, something hits me. Her tail seems to be uninjured with no sign of a spear injuring it, unless it just healed normally? 

"Lets go! Emmet, dear brother, this is a girl only day!" Aurora giggles at his horrified expression. I can't help notice Radiance's face become slightly more pale as well. She sighs, letting a fustrated stream of bubbles out of her mouth.

Emmet catches my eye and then places a tender kiss on Radiance's cheek before exiting the room without another word. He did that on purpose! I thought furously to myself, the nerve of him! 

Radiance says bitterly, "Where are we headed Princess?" 

"Since when have you called me Princess!" Aurora gasps, slightly wounded and confused.