The Mermaids

Chapter 9 : Goodbye, Ashley!

Nothing!

Yes. There's nothing in there.

This made Aaron growl in anger. But that's not the end. The blood floats in the water, leaving a trail. Look like told them where the owner had gone. Aaron and the two guard mermen immediately followed the trail until they came to another rock which was in a darker place. They were shocked by what they saw.

Not. That's not Will. But an octopus as tall as an adult mermaid was eating a stingray that was still bleeding. Again, it made Aaron feel angry. He had lost track of them.

"Argh! Damn. We back to the kingdom and report this to King Arthur!"

The two guardian mermen nodded and followed their leader to return to the Lyonasse Kingdom.

If the octopus could talk, he would probably say that Ashley had given him the stingray and that they were now hiding on another rock not far from there.

Ashley breathed a sigh of relief. A minute later she was crying.

"Forgive me. Because of me you're being hunted by them," Will said, wincing at the pain in his torn