85 Dance

''We will have to go to the library again if we want to know what those verses mean,'' Aleister said. 

Esme frowned but she knew what he was saying was true. Since that book was kept in the library, there has to be some clue there that can help them open it. 

''Do you think that... that person was a...'' 

''A merman,'' Aleister said, ''The mer people are half-humans but they retain the property of a fish, a tail, fins, scales, and tears that...'' He paused noticing the paleness of her face. There were words that he wanted to utter but he stopped himself. 

Esme closed her eyes and inhaled a deep breath, ''Don't stop,'' She glanced at the darkening clouds and rumbling thunder. The weather of Visteria has always been this unpredictable as to when they stepped out of the castle, she could still see the sun which was nowhere to be seen now.