Marvelon

I opened my eyes to sobbing. Aqualia tossed in the bed. Her eyes were still closed, yet the tears ran down her cheeks. I clasped her arm and pulled her into my arms.

She snuggled into me, crying harder. "They're all dead. I'm alone. How can this be?"

My grip tightened. This has become our morning routine. Aqualia would wake me with her cries of being alone. She confessed to me a while back that some mermaid showed her what transpired in the ocean. It didn't turn out as she hoped. Ever since, when she closed her eyes, it was the replay of the scenery she witnessed.

Though I have not had a nightmare since Fel and I mated, I could still recall the deaths of my…

Aqualia trembled and curled into the warmth of my body. The tears still flowed but her sobs stopped.

Sometimes I wished the tears would come for me. No matter how hard I tried, they were all dried. The pain of my loss had numbed my emotions. I couldn't laugh or yell o