Six Sentence Sunday - January 2nd

This year's first Six Sentence Sunday snippet is from a free read short story, Song for the Silver Merman, which I'll post on my website this week. This story is an "extra" from my book, Tears on a Tranquil Lake, releasing February 1st. It gives a taste of the main characters, the setting, and action of that book as well as introducing a few new characters which will turn up in a sequel I'm presently writing.

In this sample, Ciel, a mermaid, is led to her merman lover, Meris, by his pet fish, Albio.

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     With a powerful stroke of my flipper, I sped along, keeping the little fish in sight as he ascended along a rocky outcropping. What was he leading me to?

     I poked my head above the surface and found Meris sitting on one side of the large rock mass, his emerald tail fins spread wide, glinting in the sunlight. With a smile covering my face, I treaded water a few moments, looking up and savoring the view--the broad muscles of his flipper, the metallic green scales narrowing into a V which dipped low, revealing his toned abs. The skin of his tanned torso begged for my touch, fighting for attention with the dark curls flowing around his broad shoulders. 

     Next to me, Albio slapped the water with his fin, drawing Meris’s notice and ending my time to quietly admire my merman.

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Be sure to read the other awesome entries for this Sunday at: http://sixsunday.blogspot.com/