Emily Windsnap and the Siren's Secret - Liz Kessler [73]
Aaron looked at me and grinned. “Why not?” he said. Then he dived in and splashed up at me with his hands. A moment later, he dipped under the water, and his tail flashed in the moon’s broken reflection.
I jumped in to join them. I waited a moment as my legs melted softly away, turning into my tail. For the first time, it didn’t feel like I was changing from one thing into something else. It felt more like the two parts of me were fusing together: two halves of the same whole.
Aaron was beside me. “Race you to the lighthouse,” he said, his eyes shining as brightly as the North Star.
Then he flicked his tail, dived under, and was gone.
“Race on, loser,” said Mandy. Then she ducked down and chased after Aaron as best she could. Shona swam alongside her, gently flicking her tail to keep pace with Mandy. I dived under the water, gave a quick flick of my tail, and joined the race.
As I swam and splashed and played and laughed in the water with my friends, and we chased and raced each other to the lighthouse at the end of the bay, I only had one thought in my mind.
It didn’t matter who got there first. All that mattered was that we were heading there together.
Liz Kessler is the author of the books in the best-selling Emily Windsnap series as well as the Philippa Fisher books. She lives in Cornwall, England.
Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
About the Author