Page 90 of Hooked on a Witch
“What does that mean?” Merck demanded.
Poseidon’s angular face looked pinched. He waved a hand. “I’ve already explained.”
“You’ve explained nothing.” He bit back more demands when Poseidon cast him a deadly glower.Athena wants me to call you a dickhead.But he didn’t say it out loud.
“I heard that,” Poseidon thundered. For a split second, his lips tilted into a smile. His eyes creased out and softened. “Impertinent, just like she said you were. I like that.”
Now he’d get struck down.
“Bythos can deal with you and your questions.” Poseidon pivoted and disappeared into the ocean, which calmed almost immediately upon his departure. The old dolphin jumped out of the water into a back flip, followed by three other members of his pod, including the juvenile Merck had helped.
“What the fuck did he mean?” Merck yelled. “Danny, what’d you tell him or them or whoever the hell you reported to?”
Danny backed up a few steps with his hands in the air. “Whoa there. Had your back, man. Only good stuff to report. You worked hard, played hard, believed in good shit.”
“Then why is this happening?”
“I swear I only reported good things.” He made a cross sign over his chest. “Always said I’d be there for you and I meant it.”
Shannon’s eyes locked on the sky and darkened. Death was coming, but not for him…for Shannon.
He shook her. “You stay with me…stay. You’re not going to die.”
“Oh, God. I’m not going to make it.”
“You hang on. Damn it.”
She whispered, “I love…”
“No!”
