h4Chapter 809: 809-We Watch Them Sleep Together/h4

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    He went back to the bed andy down while Lucy began to scream. Norman left the room, and I stood holding the pearl in my hand. I rubbed it, ignoring the entity’s screams telling me all sorts of terrifying things that would happen to Gavin if he went inside. And it made me believe what Gavin was saying, she was stopping us for a reason.

    Soon, I watched the two drift into slumber. The pearl began to glow, bright like anything. I turned off all the lights and ced it on the table. If I needed to go with him, I would have to lie down and close my eyes, or at least lie down. I put the pearl on the table and walked out of the room.

    Once outside, I noticed everyone standing there, watching me like a doctor walking out of an ICU.

    "Now we wait," I said, some anxiety visible on my face.

    "I really hoped Gavin would be able to convince her that we were all her friends, that none of us hated her or would hurt her." Jenny started praying, hugging Lamar, and sobbing. Everybody was teary-eyed.

    If it all went well, we would be able to see and meet Lucy again.

    While they waited, my mom gently touched my elbow to get my attention. I knew soon she would ask to talk because she had noticed me anxiously ncing at her. I realized it when I saw her try to make eye contact, but every time she looked at me for too long, I would look away.

    "Come to the side," my mom said, gently holding my hand and guiding me away from everyone else.

    "Yeah, what is it?" I asked, pretending I had no idea she had noticed my anxiety.

    "Hnie, what is going on?" she asked, sitting upright, not sugarcoating or starting with small talk.

    "I’m just anxious for Gavin and Lucy," I lied, trying to look away. That wasn’t the only reason I was anxious. I was also worried about a decision I had made and how others, especially the people of Arthendel would react.

    Today, when the mermaids performed, many of them told me they would wait for me to perform with them. They looked hopeful. So once they found out that I hadn’t intended to give up on my mermaid tail, I wondered how they would react. Most of my senses would be gone. My mother only had a weakened wolf form before, which didn’t exist anymore, so she was basically human. But they were still relying on me.

    "I think it will be better if you don’t try to lie, if you cannot," my mom stated, folding her arms across my chest and staring at my face.

    I guess at this point I had no other option. Besides, telling her the truth wasn’t the problem. I would be happy if she found out and helped me.

    "I had made up my mind to give up my tail to save Emmet from his curse," I said, watching her just keep staring at me. I expected her to be angry, to at least scold me for making that decision on my own.

    But instead, sheughed a little.

    "You’re just like me, ready to do anything for your lover, aren’t you?" my mom asked.

    And I felt such ease.

    "But you don’t have to give up your tail, Hnie. We can find other ways," she suggested.

    I shook my head vigorously. "There is no other way. We don’t know when the curses will get extreme again. Then we’ll need to find a way to break them, and we won’t have time. I don’t want to risk anything," I said, tears starting to fill my eyes every time I thought about being unable to help Emmet.

    "Then I can find you someone’s pearl," she said.

    As soon as she said that, I watched her face with a little more interest.

    "No, Mom, if you are going to force someone, I wouldn’t want that," I replied instantly, letting her know this was something I wouldn’t be okay with.

    "I’m not going to force anyone, but there will be someone willingly giving up their tail for you," she stated, and once again I started pacing anxiously.

    "Mom, I don’t know. I know they’ll be peer-pressured into it. They’ll think they owe me, and I don’t want that," I said, holding her hands because I understood she was worried for me too.

    "See, Hnie, I cannot ask anyone older or younger because their tails won’t be able to help us, but others? If somebody willingly—" my mother paused.

    I wagged my finger. "I’m not sure if anybody would willingly do that, but I’m not gonna do it without letting you know. I will definitely let you know first, so don’t worry."

    "Then I will really wait for you to let me know first," my mom said, giving me a head nod.

    I began nodding along with her, but now we had to head back to where everybody else was because I knew they were anxiously waiting for the oue of Gavin and Lucy’s journey to the dreand.

    I let Norman know what I had discussed with my mom, and even he said he wanted to save his brother, but not by taking my mermaid tail.

    Then time started to pass. We were worried about what woulde out of the dreand n. But it was also true that I was so tired and anxious that I couldn’t do anything more than stand outside the room and stare at the door.

    There was a small window we could use to check on them, but so far there was nothing, no update at all.

    "Come on, Hnie. We have to wait for them and just hope for the best that theye out victorious," Jenny said, wrapping her arm around me. Sage also nodded her head.

    The two of them finally managed to pull me away from the door, taking me back to my room so I could rest. I didn’t know how long I could stop myself from rushing into the dream world with them.

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