"Faked it?" The surprise in her reply was quickly joined by laughter.
He preferred this to the terrified Lana. A Lana he had a hard time understanding.
"Why does the ocean frighten you? You said something about your mother."
A shadow crossed her features, and for a moment, he could have slapped himself for removing the smile. Yet he had to know because he had a feeling it was of great import.
"The ocean killed her. Well, technically, the eels that mobbed her and electrocuted her to death did, but the attack wasn't an accident."
A day or so ago, he might have scoffed at her claim, except he'd seen what happened. Krakens didn't just appear and drag down planes, even in the Bermuda Triangle. As for mermaids, he'd heard of one or two appearing, never a whole school of them. It didn't take
