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I felt a sense of relief as my body relaxed, my shoulders slumped, and my pulse slowed to a gentle rhythm.

“What is this?” I whispered.

Chapter Five

Poseidon

Iwasinadaze when the rattling of the door jolted me awake.

I clutched the pillow, pulling it to my chest like it was a newborn creation back in my workshop. No one can take it now.

I waved my other hand at the door, and Zeus and Athena fell in on each other. Athena growled at Zeus to rise, but he awkwardly fell over, and his robe opened up to reveal his private parts.

I squeezed my eyes shut, shaking my head and burying my face in the pillow.

It smelled so good.

Athena rose and ran to the window that led out to the ground-floor balcony. She threw the drapes open, and the blinding sun poured into the room.

Humans were running, scattered about the soaked beach.

“You triggered a set of powerful waves that covered the entire beach. It reached up to the condo!” Athena pointed to the porch, pulling the sliding window open. Fish flapped at our feet and my stomach dropped, seeing the fish begging for water.

I dropped the pillow to the bed, making sure it didn’t fall to the floor. I then scooped up as many fish as I could into my arms.

“Poseidon, wait, are you alright?” Athena called, but I ignored because the pounding in my head had become like thunderous drums.

I’d hurt innocent animals and humans in my temper, and now the humans were running around the sand to gather their belongings. Their screams, their cries… I struggled to block the sound from my ears.

As I reached the ocean, picking up fish after fish in my arms, someone wailed from my right. A blonde human woman was being pulled away from the ocean, reaching for something.

“She’s still out there! I saw her get swept away!” she screamed. She was small, and despite the two large natives pulling her away, she was determined to fight them.

“Lani!” The shrill sound of her scream filled the air, and I felt my body go rigid.

It wasn’t just the fish that came ashore because of my anger, but the tide had taken an innocent human.

My breath came in short pants, adrenaline racing through my veins as I waded out into the ocean. The riptide was strong, the lifeguards stood in frustration, unsure how to proceed.

No human could brave these waters, but I certainly could.

With the fish in my arms, I ran into the ocean. No one paid any mind as the waves came crashing down around me. The seas parted, but to the common eye, it looked like I was swallowed by the darkness.

As the water surrounded me, I took my water form. My deep blue and yellow tail pulled my legs together, and I took a mighty push with my fin into the sea.

Sea animals gathered around as I pushed through the surf, watching me dive deeper into the undertow.

Surely this female wouldn’t have been pulled this deep, but my heart sank further into the darkness until I saw small ripples in the water, bubbles trying to surface.

The light trickled downward, the rays leading me to where my heart was taking me. The irritating pounding, the loud sounds of the surface, and the annoyance of souls trying to touch me faded. It was just me in the ocean and the woman below.

She floated where the current no longer surrounded her, and my tail whipped violently against the water. I circled her, my mind no longer thinking, but my body doing what it needed.

My long fin coiled around her before my skin touched her. I planned to pull her to the surface so she could gasp for air, but with the warmth of her touch on my tail, it made me curious.

So, I willingly reached for her.

I cradled her in my arms, feeling her body grow cold and witnessing the last bubble of air leave her lips.

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