MERCILESS (The Mermen Trilogy #3)
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Authors: Mimi Jean Pamfiloff
“
The point is, Liv, there is nothing else.
It doesn’t say a time to feel sorry for yourself or give up. It doesn’t say there is a time for fear or even a time to die. Because those aren’t options. There is only living and fighting. That’s it.”
Liv sighed.
“So what time is it?” he asked.
“Time to kill,”
she said reluctantly.
“Try it with a little more conviction, woman.” Roen laughed.
“I’ll never make a good merman.”
“There’s a reason Salla chose you; you’re strong. Stronger than she is. You just don’t know it yet. And with us helping you, you’ll be even stronger. Now, can I get another one? What time is it?”
“Oh, stop being so corny. I think I liked you better when you were a complete hard-ass.”
“What’s that? I couldn’t hear you. Did you say you like my hard ass?”
Liv laughed.
“No, I said—”
“Because I cannot blame you. It is mighty and strong like a manly oak. Or is my ass more like two halves of a boulder? I don’t know.”
Her laughter died down
. “I love you, Roen. Whatever happens, just know that I’m glad I got to meet you—it’s been one hell of a ride.”
“The ride’s not over yet, my love. It’s just getting started.”
But as that plane grew closer, even he could feel Salla’s cold presence growing stronger.
There’s no time for doubt, man. That’s not on the list of options either.
MERCILESS
Book 3, The Mermen Trilogy
Mimi Jean Pamfiloff
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OTHER WORKS BY MIMI JEAN PAMFILOFF
FUGLY (Contemporary Romance)
IMMORTAL MATCHMAKERS, Inc. (Book 1/Paranormal Romance/Humor)
FATE BOOK (New Adult Suspense/Humor)
FATE BOOK TWO (New Adult Suspense/Humor)
THE HAPPY PANTS CAFÉ (Prequel/Romantic Comedy)
THE MERMEN TRILOGY
(Dark Fantasy)
Mermen (Book 1)
MerMadmen (Book 2)
THE KING TRILOGY
(Dark Fantasy)
King’s (Book 1)
King for a Day (Book 2)
King of Me (Book 3)
THE ACCIDENTALLY YOURS SERIES
(Paranormal Romance/Humor)
Accidentally in Love with…a God?
Accidentally Married to…a Vampire?
Sun God Seeks…Surrogate?
Accidentally…Evil? (a Novella)
Vampires Need Not…Apply?
Accidentally…Cimil? (a Novella)
Accidentally…Over? (Series Finale)
COMING SOON
MACK (Book 4, the King Series)
TOMMASO (Immortal Matchmakers Series, Book 2)
GOD OF WINE (Immortal Matchmakers Series, Book 3)
TAILORED FOR TROUBLE (THE HAPPY PANTS SERIES Book 1) (Romantic Comedy)
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Contents
THE MERMEN TRILOGY. What’s it really about?
MERCILESS
CHAPTER ONE
Liv Stratton stumbled through the dark cave, her eyes desperate for the comfort of daylight ahead, her blue T-shirt and khaki shorts dripping with water.
No. Fuck no. This can’t be happening
. She stopped and stared into her shaking hands. But she didn’t see flesh, fingers, or palms. There were only two empty hands that moments ago held her very own beating heart.
Is this really happening? Is any of this real?
She pressed her pale hands above her left breast. No heartbeat.
Oh, God
. She never saw this coming. And for all her degrees and smarts, her twenty-nine years of life were no match for this ancient bitch of an island. It could see five thousand moves ahead.
Liv wiped away her bitter tears.
This was the island’s plan all along.
It had always been about
this.
~~~
Three Days Earlier
“So what’s it going to be, Liv? Are you or aren’t you going to fuck me?” Shane, a complete cutthroat bastard with deep green eyes, shaggy jet-black hair, and the smile of a psychopath on holiday, stared from across the rustic-looking dining room table while Liv shifted in her chair. She had no clue how she’d gotten to Shane’s secluded beach house of terror, but she knew he’d been planning to kidnap her for a while. His house had been meticulously gussied up in honor of her arrival—fresh paint, recently varnished floors, and new carpet in the hallway. There was even a modern-looking glass chandelier hanging above the table.
“Did you really think redecorating would make me forget everything you’ve done or what you really are?” she snarled over her plate of untouched…whatever-the-hell food it was. Yeah, he’d cooked her dinner.
Psycho.
“Just the opposite.” His signature sadistic smile flickered over his lips. “I want you to always remember how I killed the man you love and stole you away. Never forget, human, what I’m capable of and why you should obey me.”
Oh God…Roen
. Liv felt her heart cracking in two. The moment she’d woken up here, Shane proudly told her that Roen had drowned in the ocean—all Shane’s doing. But her soul refused to believe he was dead. It wasn’t possible.
Was it?
“You’re an animal,” she hissed.
“No. I am a merman.” He leaned back in his chair, smugness oozing from his face. “What have
you
done for the world lately?”
Like all mermen, Shane had a superiority complex. Yes, his kind was seductively beautiful, a feast for the female eyes. And despite calling themselves “mermen,” they were nothing like the creatures found in legends with tails and scales. But Shane thought himself to be some sort of god. He cared for nothing and no one. He feared nothing and no one.