Teaser Tuesday #54

Ed ecco di nuovo la rubrica settimanale Teaser Tuesday, creata dal blog Should Be Reading, che si divide in poche, semplici fasi:
1_ prendi il libro che stai leggendo
2_ apri una pagina a caso
3_ scrivi un breve brano (stando attenti a non spoilerare)
4_ scrivi titolo e autore

I had never seen a creature like him. He was nothing like the men of the villages - orderly and well-postured, dignified and stiff. Nor was he like the men of the tribes across the island - the Cliff Dwellers or the Bog Dwellers. He seemed very young, and also fragile.
And then there was a muddy, wet sound behind him. He turned, and as he did, I studied the sweeping black lagoon he now faced, still and mirrorlike under the moon. And then a bubble from the surface, and a figure slithered out of the dark water. Effortlessy, it beached itself on a rock protruding not far from the shore. A patch of moonlight coming through the clouds raked over it, revealing half of a woman - a mermaid. Her long hair was wet and pasted to her back. She waved at him in the dark, and he waved back. He walked over to the water, and said something in a low voice, and she laughed. He took another step toward the water's edge. And she said his name.
"Pan."
 - Tiger Lily, Jodi Lynn Anderson