''She falls in the third category that I mentioned. Half-mer and half-human. She can adapt to both land and water ever since she was born. Few other special ones like her were usually handled by my father and brought back to the sea.''
''How does your father finds them?" Cardan questioned.
''We have our messengers all over the huge kingdoms. Words travel faster than one thinks,'' Luciana shook her head, ''A mermaid or a merman can never hide their craving for the sea, they cannot tame their restlessness in the full moon nights nor can they blend themselves in the crowd; they will always stand out.''
Cardan sighed, ''As much as I understand what you talked about, but… Esme was not caught by your father for 21 years. Why now?"