Guarded By the Kraken (MONSTER SECURITY AGENCY) by Cassie Alexander EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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CEPHARIUS
A distant request came in from one of my kind, through the aqa like a
tiny fish nibbling on the tip of an arm. I instantly responded, “No.”
The messenger wasn’t close enough for me to see, but sight was an
often useless concept in the oceans we lived in. Waters could be choppy, or
we might’ve swum too deep for light to reach. It was one of the reasons we
relied on the aqa to transmit our thoughts, allowing us to communicate over
vast distances, depending on the terrain.
“No? What do you mean no?” the other kraken asked back, like he had
no concept of the term—and by now I was certain his mind was unfamiliar
to me.
“I mean no,” I thought at him with intent, while considering which
direction I should swim to stay out of his range.
I felt his confusion travel into my mind just the same as his words did.
“You don’t get to say no when it’s the king asking.”
“You do when he’s your broodbrother.” In fact, when he’s your
broodbrother, you can tell him to go pump himself. I was careful to partition
that last thought off, though, so it didn’t travel to him.
“But—” the unseen kraken began.
“NO!” I shouted at him, flashing red in the sea I hovered in.
The pod of endangered manatyls I’d been guarding had been ignorant of
my presence until that very moment; krakens could be utterly still when
they wished to be, controlling our buoyancy via manipulating internal
structures.
But in my anger I’d betrayed myself. All of the small herd
scattered, swimming through the water in different directions with their
large sweeping wings, and I clicked my beak in annoyance, which only
frightened them off further. I closed my mind to the ’qa, unwilling to let
anyone else’s thoughts in, in my vast irritation.
After Cayoni had passed, I’d swum away from my home on purpose,
trying to escape the low-level thrum of everyone else’s lives. I’d taken this
job with the Monster Security Agency in the frigid Upper Ocean protecting
the manatyls because they weren’t entirely safe from humans, no matter
what kind of treaties the two-legged kind signed with one another on their
land, and I intended to keep doing it.
But . . .
I hadn’t even asked the other kraken why my brother had wanted to see
me. I’d just protected myself from the sharp pain of my past on instinct.
What if Balesur’s mate had died? Or he was sick? Or, worse yet,
Gerron?
The manatyls were slowly regathering in their protective formation. I
hadn’t moved in the water yet, so they’d forgotten I’d existed.
If only the rest of my family could do the same.
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