The mermaid, meanwhile, was changing. Her scales flaked off like autumn leaves, revealing human skin. Her tail split into legs. She kicked upward, fueled by the air she had stolen from his lungs, leaving him trapped in the mirror-lined tomb.
She pressed her lips against the glass of his mask. The seal hissed. Panic surged through Elias as his oxygen began to vent out in a silver stream of bubbles. He tried to swim away, but the mermaid held him with the strength of the tide. the mermaid mp4moviez