Chapter 661
Otto quickly turned around the moment he heard the splash.
It had cut him short of whatever he had to say.
He looked into the blue sea that sparked like diamond with the reflection of the moon.
“What was that?” He asked seemingly tensed.
Jasmine who was still seated in the horse and in tears froze.
She had heard the splash too.
She took her hands away from her face to look at what was going on.
Her heart was racing so fast and she was filled with so much emotions she could barely grasp anything together.
Otto held her hand quickly as his eyes searched through the sea.
The sea was still and there was no splash or movement.
“Do you think someone followed us?” Jasmine asked as her eyes traced where his went.
He placed a hand on his finger to silence her.
He looked around like a hawk and sniffed.
As if trying to catch the scent of the intruder.
Then came another splash.
Jasmine was sure this time it was real and she suspected she knew what made the splash.
Otto grabbed her arm and whispered. “Someone is here! Someone is after us! You need to run ahead.” He urged. “I’ll follow you behind.”
Before Jasmine could even say a word, he spanked the bum of the horse and neighed loudly.
The horse began to gallop hastily.
Jasmine looked back and saw Otto coming down from his horse before shifting to his wolf.
She had never seen his wolf before.
It looked different from others she had seen.
More vicious, of average height, but there was something about it that deterred it from other people.
She heard the splash again and soon she began to see movement inside the sea.
It was headed for Otto while he braced for impact at the end of the beach.
Jasmine shook her head.
No!
She wasn’t going to leave him!
She wasn’t going to let him be a sacrifice like Hildegard had been.
She caught the reigns of the horse and pulled it back with all her might.
The horse was breathing hard now.
And then she gave a loud “Hiah!”
As she fiercely rode back towards Otto, her horses hood galloping dangerous on the ground.
The cold wind blew against her face as she journeyed aggressively towards him.
She didn’t dare break a stride.
She kept on riding.
“Good girl.” She said to the horse.
She rode with the exact speed, trying to follow the dashing movement of what was in the water.
She looked back towards Otto who still hadn’t noticed she had come back for him.
She watched and then to her amazed, she saw glittery scales and then pearly in the speed of entity inside the sea.
And then it hit her.
Wasn’t that pearl?
She gasped as she rushed closer.
Pearl had said she wasn’t allowed to come up sea.
She wasn’t allowed to interact with non natives of the sea.
She had only come up because she heard Jasmine hum the song.
She feared now what Pearl would do to Otto once she finally came across.
“Pearl! Pearl!” Jasmine screamed.
But the splash and waves of the sea prevented her from listening.
And in a matter of seconds, Pearl appeared from the sea, a trident in her had as she went right for Otto.
Jasmine screamed as she saw blood spring up.
Otto whimpered and Jasmine saw his arm was weak.
Pearl who was by the jurisdiction of the sea, hung with the waves by her tail and readily charged at Otto.
Her beautiful blue skin radiating under the moon.
Otto aggressive attacked her while Pearl fought back.
Jasmine got closer a few meters away and jumped down from her horse.
She rushed towards them.
“PEARL STOP! OTTO STOP!” She screamed as she ran towards the fight.
And the just as Pearl would have stabbed Otto with her trident, Jasmine came right in the middle.
She spread her arms apart as she stood blocking the attack.
Peal’s facial features that were creased with rage and fierceness was replaced with surprise.
“Jasmine?” She said as she came to an abrupt halt.
Jasmine was breathing so hard now.
“Yes it’s me.” Jasmine said.
Pearl remained surprised.
“He is with me.” Jasmine said quickly.
“He is a mad dog.” Pearl said in horror.
“He is my friend.” Jasmine pleaded.
Pearl looked at her and then looked at the growling Otto before she closed her eyes and set her trident aside.
Jasmine breathed a sigh of relief. “Thank you.”
And she quickly turned back to Otto.
He reverted to his human form immediately.
“Sweet Goddess.” He gasped as he tried to sit up.
“Be careful.” Jasmine chastised him as she helped him lean back against the rock.
“A siren.” He said his eyes blinking in surprise.
Pearl looked at Otto with disgust. “A mad wolf.”
He gave a cocky smile. “You have to come to more with more insults love. I’ve heard that even from my mother.”
Pearl rolled her eyes.
“Why aren’t you healing?” Jasmine asked him as she sighted his cut.
“Because I’m a rabid wolf.” He said as he breathed hard, the blood oozing from his cut. He looked at Peal. “And I got cut by a Siren’s trident. Those can’t be healed. It’s like a poison that just prevents your cuts from ever healing until the blood is drained out of you.”
She turned back to look at Pearl.
“Is that true?” Jasmine asked worried.
“Your wolf is right.” Pearl said with her nose in the air. “Mad, but at least has some knowledge.”
“Please.” Jasmine begged. “Save him. He is my only hope. I know we’re trespassing. But he is my friend and I can’t let him die.”
Pearl looked at Jasmine for a while and then sighed.
She approached Otto and used her hand to wave the air in a circular motion.
A small drop of water emerged and then she turned to him and waved it over his cut.
The drop touched his cut and the bleeding stopped.
In a matter of seconds, the cut disappeared