mermen

Eugenie looked great, her short spiky auburn hair edged with conservative blond tips and her face wearing a minimum of makeup. Must be Mr. Natural__ influence. I gave her a hug and turned to meet Quince, who was sitting across from her.Okay, I could see the attraction. He had thick, honey-blond hair pulled back in a ponytail not unlike my own, and a green gemstone stud in one ear. He reached out a grasped my hand, shaking it firmly. __t__ great to meet you. Eugenie talks about you all the time.___he talks a lot about you too, Quince._ The man had no idea.He smiled and his blue-green eyes were almost enthralling. __ost people call me Rand, but Eugenie likes my real name better than my nickname.__fter a half hour of small talk, I wasn__ sure I liked Quince Randolph. He was drop-dead gorgeous, no question about that. But there was something off about him I couldn__ quite pinpoint. He stared too hard when he talked to you, made my eye contact than a normal person. I tried to dig into his head a little but came up blank, which was weird, except I__ done a heavy grounding ritual this morning.__ou know, I just noticed something._ Eugenie had a funny look on her face. __ou guys have the same hair and eye colo. I__ never realized it till I saw you sitting there across from each other.___aybe we__e very distantly related._ Rand smiled.__ doubt it,_ I said, frowning. __ don__ have much family. And if we were related, I__ be pissed off that you have better cheekbones.

I guess part of me hoped that you'd come to me because you trusted me to help. And because maybe you missed me, just a little."Beka took a deep breath. "Just a little? Hell, Marcus, it felt like I was missing half my soul."...His hazel eyes stared into hers, as if he could read her mind, or maybe her heart, which stuttered and skipped as if it only half remembered how to beat.Then he said in a low, fervent voice, "I think I found it for you." He pulled her into his arms, wrapping her in strength and warmth and longing, tugging her in close until his lips met hers.

The main courtyard was filled with warriors - mermen with fish tails from the waist down and human bodies from the waist up, except their skin was blue, which I'd never known before.Some were tending the wounded. Some were sharpening spears and swords. One passed us, swimming in a hurry. His eyes were bright green, like that stuff they put in glo-sticks, and his teeth were shark teeth. They don't show you stuff like that in "The Little Mermaid.