Caleb was restless after hearing what the guard said. “Everyone, leave us!” he commanded, and the other guards left in a hurry. They could not help but fear for their colleague’s life. When their king was like that it was wise to leave him alone, give him space to think and calm down but now that he asked their brother to stay behind. They could not help but send a prayer to the gods on his behalf.To accept his soul and forgive him for his sins for they believed that their king was going to kill him for the way he behaved earlier. “How can Roger do that? He knows how the king is like and he went and shouted at him all in the name of the monster?” his friends and colleagues could not understand how Roger could be so stupid.“Did you see how he looked? he was like someone who has seen a devil, I mean we have all seen the sea monsters and we all know how they behave. Why did Roger behave the way he did? Now he is going to lose his life over a useless monster.” One said, he could not wra
“That is not the point, since many of you have changed sides and have left us outnumbered. I will request a meeting with the Naga princess and make her see reason.” The king said but what he said shocked the generals, the Caleb they knew did not negotiate with anyone and now he wanted to negotiate with the Nagas?“My king, the Nagas are no match for us, even with the support of all those other clans they are still nothing compared to us. The Merpeople alone can take on the Nagas and win. Why must we negotiate?” asked general Fisher, negotiating with the Nagas was something he was not willing to do. All that was needed was for them to kill all those Nagas and get this over and done with.“If it were twelve years ago, I would have agreed with you general, but things have changed now. I was told that the Naga princess has a demon whom she has already merged with, making her the most powerful and dangerous being in the water. She also has the support of the seers.” General Fisher could no
No one saw what came next when the warriors attacked Nazima, one moment they were charging towards her while their king was still stunned by the change of events and the next moment the was only blood. The water was just stained with blood, no bones, no body, nothing. Just blood. Nazima glared at Caleb. “You will never change and the next time we meet, you better have my trident, or you will end up like your warriors, you have a day.” Nazima threatened then swam away in anger.Caleb only came back to his senses when Nazima was long gone. He charged to general Fisher and had him by the throat choking him. “Bloody bastard! Do you know what you have done?” questioned Caleb as he tightened the hold on the general’s neck. “You made us lose the only chance we had in ending this peacefully, what were you thinking!” Caleb roared in anger.He wanted to snap the general’s neck right there and then. The man was impulsive and now the Naga princess will never trust them again. All because general
Caleb did not think that was a bad idea as long as he gets to rule by her side. “I knew it! you were never happy under the king’s rule that is why now you want him to just give away his crown like that. What I do not understand is why you are here when you are clearly supporting the Naga woman.” general Fisher was livid as if this was his crown on the line.“The idea is not bad as long as the princess agrees that we rule together.” Caleb said and his words rendered general Fisher speechless. What did this woman have that made their king this way? He wondered looking at the king. First, he rescued her and killed his own king for her. now he wants to rule with her? the general just could not understand.“So, do we wait until she comes, or you will go and surrender by yourself.” The Crab general was enjoying this whole thing, seeing Caleb the ruthless looking so defeated was the best feeling ever. “She is still angry with us now; I think I will give her time to calm down. we do not want
It did not surprise Caleb to see the Crab general standing by Nazima’s side, judging from what he said earlier, it was clear that he wanted the Nagas to rule again. General Fisher appeared with his troops and stood by Caleb’s side together with the rest of the other clans who supported Caleb. The Mer king did not know who told them about this, but he was grateful not to be standing alone at this moment.The guard who saw Nazima kill his friend back then was standing at the back of the line shivering in fear. If he had somewhere to go, he would have fled just to avoid this battle. He knew that everyone there was going to die and there would be nothing left of them. “Princess Nazima of the Naga clan, I request an audience with you in private.” Asked Caleb hoping to get a second chance to propose his plan to the princess.He did not want this battle for it meant the end of his people. “I gave you all the time you needed, but you did nothing but plot against me. You will have no more time
Zane was worried sick not knowing where Nazima had gone. The one minute she was there and the next she was not. He looked for her around her new but old home but could not find her anywhere. Zane did not know where else to look for her when Nazima appeared. He sighed in relief and waited for her to get closer.“Where have you been? I looked for you everywhere and when I could not find you, I was worried.” Zane did not wait for her to say anything before bombarding her with questions. “I went to get some fresh air.” She told him and Zane sighed. “I do not like this tendency of your of just going away on your own. The Mer people are still out there. You might be queen now but that does not mean they have accepted you.” He said with a worried tone.“I know that Zane, but I am used to how we used to live on land, it will take time for me to get used to this life again.” She missed being on land, now that everything was all right here, she would like to go back and see places properly with
In her anger and frustration, Nazima swam to the place Caleb took her to, his happy place. She was going there hoping to find Caleb there; she wanted to vent her frustration on him. But the funny thing about all that was the fact that she knew where the Merpeople stayed and if she really wanted to see Caleb. She would have gone there not to the place he took her to.When she got there, Caleb was not there. She ended up staying there and looking around the place. She found it beautiful and calming. All the anger she had when she came went away. She now even had a small smile on her face as she continued to explore. “It wouldn’t be such a bad idea to come here often to get away from everything.” She said smiling looking at the sea flowers.“That is what I do as well.” She spun around quickly and found Caleb standing close to her. “Am sorry, I did not mean to startle you.” Nazima frowned. “What are you doing here?” she asked forgetting that Caleb was the one who showed her this place, to
Nazima could not stop smiling while swimming back to her home. “It seems your meeting with Caleb went well.” Someone suddenly said from behind her. Nazima stopped; she knew that voice very well. She slowly turned with the smile on her face fading away. “Do not worry, my queen. I am not following you; I saw you by chance while passing there. I thought you were in trouble so, I stopped to observe.” Nazima wanted a tornado to erupt and take her away.Of all people that could have seen her, it had to be Zane who saw her. the father she lost because of that damned man. “It is not what you think Zane, Caleb and I were…” Zane cut her short. “There is no need to explain yourself to a peasant like me. I am glad you are safe. Good day, my queen.” Zane said then left Nazima feeling frustrated.She didn’t know what to do about Caleb and how she made her feel. She didn’t understand where these feelings came from. All of a sudden, she felt safe in Caleb’s presence, the same man who hunted her for y