Chapter 25: I Need More Details!

Harmony was fairly certain Castian had reached his conversational limit because he went quiet after that. Might as well get the ball rolling. She knew the drill by now. She came up behind where he had sat on her couch and began massaging his shoulders. A minute into it he let out a small sigh.

"That feels nice."

Geez, this elf was tense. Sometimes Harmony wondered if he stuck around solely for the neck massages.

That was a very sentimental notion for an elf though. They were beings of logic. He was doing his job to keep the fae world running just like she was.

Harmony kept going until most of the tension was out of Castian's neck before leaning over to nibble his ear. That was how she usually started this. Then they would make out for a while before moving on. It was all down to a science after being together for a couple of decades.

Their kisses were getting more heated when her phone rang. She was inclined to ignore it but she had it set to 'do not disturb' with the exception of emergencies. If someone called her twice in a row, it got patched through.

She couldn't remember the last time that actually happened. Most people gave up and left a voicemail after a single attempt.

Harmony sighed. She had been in the middle of unbuttoning his shirt too.

"I'm so sorry; this is probably urgent. Just let me see who it is and if I can pawn them off onto someone else or not," she said apologetically as she got off of Castian's lap and picked up her phone.

Harmony answered the phone rather irritably as she ran a hand through her hair. "What is it, Brennan? I'm in the middle of something!"

Why was Brennan trying to reach her so urgently? He had never called her twice in a row before.

"I'm really sorry but I need your help. I, uh…" Brennan lowered his voice to a whisper so she could barely hear what he was saying. "I have a mermaid with me and I need to get her to the witch coven without being seen. Can you bring a really big sheet, a headscarf, some sunglasses, and a wheelchair to the port?"

"What?!"

A mermaid! How on earth did he end up needing help smuggling a mermaid?

Technically, she could pawn this off onto someone else since Castian had been here first but there was no way she would ever miss the chance to potentially learn more about mermaids. Brennan must have known this, which was why he called her for help rather than generically calling the witch coven.

"How did you even meet one?" Harmony asked in disbelief.

"Long story short, I got caught up in a hurricane and was blown overboard. Can you come or not? The Coast Guard is waiting for someone to come pick me up."

He got blown away by a hurricane, met a mermaid, and now humans were involved? Oh boy. He had been up to a lot when he hadn't been dropping by the coven. It seemed like she had gotten the answer to her earlier question.

"I'll be there as soon as I can get the stuff."

"Thank you," Brennan said fervently before hanging up.

Harmony sighed and ran a hand through her hair before looking at her boyfriend. "I'm really sorry about this, Castian. I have to go. There's kind of an emergency down at the port."

A small divot appeared in between the elf's brows. "What kind of emergency?"

"My friend ended up shipwrecked and is now trying to smuggle a mermaid to my coven without being noticed by the Coast Guard. Kind of a big deal. Can we reschedule? I swear I'll make it up to you later."

"…a mermaid?"

"Yeah," Harmony said as she hurried into the bedroom to change into something that was easier to move in. A pair of leggings and a hoodie ought to do it. "Does Wednesday or Thursday work better for you?"

"I could come with you and we could resume when you were done," Castian suggested, stopping her in her tracks so she could gape at him.

"Seriously? You want to come?"

"I have other engagements on both Wednesday and Thursday. Tonight is the only one that works."

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Harmony couldn't exactly argue with that but it would be weird to bring him along. She wasn't sure she could think of a more unlikely quartet than a water fairy, a witch, a mermaid, and an elf.

"If you insist."

She grabbed her purse and her wand before heading out and gesturing for him to follow once he had buttoned his shirt. She was going to have to steal a wheelchair from the hospital because she couldn't think of anywhere that sold them this time of night.

It would be easy enough to do if she turned the wheelchair invisible then used magic to roll it out the door leading to the ER. Her job actually ended up being easier than she thought because there was an empty one lying in wait just outside the door. She felt slightly bad for taking it from whoever needed it—they were going to be very confused when it disappeared—but not bad enough not to go through with it.

Once it was far enough away that none of the humans in the hospital would be able to see it she took off the invisibility spell so she could fold it up and put it in her trunk. Everything else had already been available at her apartment.

"That was impressive," Castian remarked mildly.

Harmony shrugged. "That's such basic magic though. You impress too easily."

"I don't see much magic in action."

She supposed that was true. Elves, unlike most races of fae, didn't have much magic of their own. They had to rely on witches for magic items.

They were fast but not as fast as werewolves or vampires. They weren't particularly strong but they were smart and the older ones were all trained in sword fighting and archery from before the world changed when those were necessary skills. They had survived this long for a reason.

The car was quiet the rest of the way to the port. When she arrived she saw Brennan in his glamour standing rather anxiously on a dock next to what she assumed to be someone from the Coast guard.

"Brennan! How did you get caught up in a hurricane?" Harmony scolded.

She hugged him for good measure because the human was watching and it seemed like the sort of thing a human would do after their friend nearly died. He stiffened slightly at first because they had never done such a thing before but relaxed into it for a moment before pulling back.

"I was on a research trip and got blown off the deck. Those winds are no joke."

Ah. Reading between the lines, it had probably been his wings that got caught up in the wind. She needed to act like she was leaving with him so the human would go away and they could sneak back to get the mermaid.

Harmony wrapped an arm around his shoulder in a sign of camaraderie and led him away after thanking the human for helping him. She let go as soon as they were out of the human's sight.

"What happened?" she demanded. "I need more details!"

Brennan let out a weary sigh. "I was sinking through the water after passing out and Talori—that's the mermaid—saved me. I used my power to breathe underwater and stayed with her for a few days for research purposes but then her brother had her leave with me so she didn't end up married off to some deep-sea merchieftain."

Harmony couldn't believe what she was hearing. Part of her was tempted to laugh because choosing to stay underwater for a few days to learn more about mermaids was exactly the sort of thing her friend would do. The other part was incredibly confused.

"You got involved in mermaid politics?"

"Kind of hard not to when the one who saved me happened to be a princess. And they prefer to be called merfolk collectively. Mermaids are female and mermen are male. Also, who is this?" Brennan asked, gesturing to Castian. "I didn't expect you to bring anyone with you."

He spoke for the first time since they had arrived. "Castian Reycan. I'm Harmony's boyfriend."

"Oh. You really were busy. Sorry. I just didn't know who else to go to for help."

Harmony sighed and waved her hand impatiently. "Water under the bridge. You know I would never miss the chance to know more about mermaids! Or I suppose I should say merfolk."

"I figured as much. Anyway, I think the human is gone now. If somebody has the wheelchair ready at the edge of the dock, the other two of us can go grab Talori. She's kind of tall with the tail and everything."

"Where is she?"

Brennan sighed. "Under the boat I came in if she followed my instructions.. I'll have to pop down there and get her."

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