Chapter 26: I Never Thought I Would See A Mermaid

Once the coast was clear they snuck back to the dock and Brennan jumped into the water, casting a bubble around his head before going under. Castian blinked at the place where he disappeared.

"…is your friend a water fairy, by chance?"

Harmony nodded. "Yeah. Probably should have mentioned that, sorry. We have a mutually beneficial friendship going on where he tells me about his travels and I tell him about magic. We're both interested in merfolk so it made sense that he would call me of all witches."

"Interesting," Castian said and left it at that.

Brennan popped back up with someone with yellow skin and eyes and purple hair and fins. "Talori, this is my friend Harmony that I told you about and her boyfriend Castian."

The mermaid broke into a grin and let out a happy noise not unlike dolphin chatter. "I am so pleased to meet you! Brennan told me so much about you. Can you truly help me look human?"

"It might take a bit of finagling because I don't have much experience with merfolk but I should be able to help you activate your glamour," Harmony reassured her, oddly touched that her friend had spoken of her highly enough for a mermaid to be excited about meeting her. "Castian, man the wheelchair."

He nodded wordlessly and went to do as she asked. Brennan flew out of the water and he and Harmony had to work together to hoist Talori out. They wrapped her head in the scarf to hide her ear fins, put on the sunglasses, and made her a fish burrito in the sheet.

They looked incredibly suspicious right now. Harmony desperately hoped that no humans showed up before they got her into the wheelchair. Right now they looked like they were moving a body.

Getting Talori into the car was more difficult than she thought it would be because tails were much longer than legs. It took quite a bit of scrunching and she ended up having to sit as if her metaphorical knees were up.

She didn't seem to mind. She had removed the sunglasses once inside the car and was looking around with a sense of wide-eyed wonder.

"What is this, Brennan?"

"That's a stoplight. They're used to prevent cars from crashing into each other."

"What about that?"

"That's a semi-truck. They transport large amounts of things from one place to another."

"And that?"

"A motorcycle. Another way of traveling distances."

Brennan was incredibly patient with her endless stream of questions so Harmony was willing to bet he had spent much of the time he was gone doing this. He had probably gotten some of his questions answered as well. They were going to have to have a nice long conversation later.

The rest of the way to the coven was spent with Harmony and Castian sitting in silence, listening to those two go. When they arrived they had to push her in through the back to avoid any suspicion from late-night customers that weren't vampires. They did come in now and then, especially those involved in Miami's nightlife.

"I don't want to explain myself so everyone stay quiet," Harmony insisted before they went in.

Luckily, everyone seemed to be either in their offices or out. It was a Friday night, after all. That was a common night for dates. She was far from the only one with an elf boyfriend.

Once she got into her office she locked the door with a flick of her wand and sighed in relief. "Okay. Unwrap her, will you?"

Brennan did as she asked and Harmony got a full look at a mermaid in the light for the first time out of water. Talori was a truly beautiful fae between her facial features, coloring, and shimmering tail.

Harmony's eyes glowed in excitement and she clapped her hands together. "Ooh, I've always wanted to see a mermaid up close! I'm going to have to conduct some magic tests to see if you're capable of doing a glamour, do you mind?"

Talori shook her head. "That is fine."

She ran her wand over and around where the mermaid sat several times, changing the spells she was using occasionally as she went. She could definitely sense magic in there. That was good. Elves didn't have proper magic and they could still use a glamour but you never knew.

"I want you to concentrate your magic in the center of your chest," Harmony instructed. "Feel it flowing through you then concentrate on a single thought: I need to look human."

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Talori closed her eyes and screwed up her face in concentration. A moment later her glamour popped up.

That was quick! This mermaid must have a lot of magical talent.

Her purple hair had turned brown, her yellow eyes had turned hazel, and her yellow skin turned olive. She looked like she was wearing a purple-to-yellow maxi dress and sandals though her tail was obviously still there.

"Excellent work! Now you should be able to release it and put it back on at will. You just need to concentrate your magic. You'll still look like you in mirrors and pictures but to the naked eye you'll seem as human as can be," Harmony said with a smile.

"Thank you so much for this, Harmony," Brennan said fervently. "I really appreciate it. If you drive us home, I'll get your of your hair."

"No problem! But I fully expect you both to be back here tomorrow. I want to know EVERYTHING."

"I expected nothing less. She'll need fake documentation anyway for however long she's here. I was hoping you could hook her up and help answer some questions she has about witches."

Harmony's eyes flashed in excitement again and she was so overjoyed she actually jumped up and down. "Absolutely! I would love to. I have so many questions about merfolk as well if you're willing."

Talori smiled and nodded. "Of course! I have told Brennan a lot so I do not mind telling you as well."

"Excellent! I'll expect you two after lunch."

Satisfied that she was going to get the information she wanted, Harmony needed to get back to what she was doing when she had been interrupted. Even though they didn't have to reschedule she would still have to do something to make this up to Castian. He had been a much better sport about all of this than she would have expected.

She dropped Brennan and Talori off at his apartment before heading back to her own. Castian didn't say anything until they were nearly there.

"I never thought I would see a mermaid."

"I've seen one before. They always send the same guy to exchange the tears for magic items. Someone from my coven goes every three months to a prearranged meeting place. He was very tight-lipped though. Did the transaction then left without stopping to chat," Harmony explained.

"I never thought I would get to meet such a chatty one! I'm willing to bet she's going to tell me all about merfolk society and I can't wait. I can't believe Brennan stuck around to play anthropologist though, that's just like him."

"I think I've seen him at the bank before. We've never directly spoken before today," Castian said.

"He's cool. He's really been around for a fairy and is one of the oldest ones I've met. I've learned a lot from him and vice versa. Now I can do the same with a mermaid! This is the best! Not us getting interrupted though. Sorry."

Harmony was a bit sheepish realizing she had gotten carried away when he was probably annoyed at being interrupted. She couldn't help it. She had always been curious about merfolk.

"It's fine. I don't have anything pressing going on tonight."

They made it back inside and it was a bit hard to get back in the mood because her head was still reeling, already in tomorrow trying to think of questions to ask. She needed to snap out of it.

Harmony had already made Castian wait and he was a creature of habit. She could be an excitable merfolk nerd again once he left.

She kissed him harder trying to shut her brain off and managed to be successful. Afterward when they lay curled up in her bed she played with a strand of his hair and wondered what she could do to make up for tonight.

"Castian, do you like sweets?"

"Yes. Why do you ask?"

"Just curious," Harmony deflected. It would be much of a surprise if he knew what she was planning on doing.

He was the type to let things go pretty quickly so, as expected, he didn't ask any further questions. She could bring him something from this bakery she liked on Monday and then they would be even.

She had never liked owing people. It wasn't the witch way. They were the ones who liked having a ton of favors stacked up that could be called in at any time in a pinch.. She would feel better once that was taken care of so they could go back to the way things were before.

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