The Lighthouse Keeper and the Mermaid

CHAPTER 81

The sound of the gunshot echoed across the water; it ricocheted against the rocks, and Kallias dropped down against her and her heart literally froze. No. No, no, no, no, no! Her mind wouldn’t stop screaming it.

She gasped out, “Are you hit? Are you hit?”

But Kallias didn’t look to be in pain. No, he was shielding her with his body, the lovely fool. “What was that?” he said, just barely able to peer over his shoulder in the position he was cuddling her in. She couldn’t see at all over his wide shoulders.

“It’s—” she started but stopped at the loading of a hammer.

“Get away from her! That was a warning shot, but this one will hit!” The voice trembled and she recognized it immediately: Mr. Wilson.