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
Nazima spent the following days attending to matters of the kingdom, holding meetings with the generals and changing the laws Caleb put in place. Caleb would be in attendance in those meetings representing the Merpeople but the one thing he wanted the most he could not get. It seemed she was avoiding him and yet he wanted to spend more time with her.This day Nazima was again buried in work and expecting me meet the generals again that afternoon. She wanted to get as much as she can done before the meeting. A guard came in and stood by the door waiting for the queen to acknowledge him. Nazima lifted her head and looked at him. “As you were, what brings you here?” the guard bowed and greeted his queen.“My queen, you have visitors, they say they are from the clans in Africa and request an audience with the queen.” Nazima frowned. She never thought she would meet clans from that far away, what could they want? “Send them in and I want two of you stationed at my door at all times.” It wa
The lazy huge alligator went and laid by Nazima’s side on the rock. “We were followed.” He told Nazima and she became alert. “Do not worry, it was only the Mer king and I sense no danger from him. He might just be concerned about the stranger we are with.” Nazima’s demon told her. “He shouldn’t have followed us thought, we can take care of ourselves.” Nazima responded. “Tell that to him.” The alligator said.“My queen, that thing is so huge.” Exclaimed Osmond, now that he was seeing the alligator up close, he could not believe it’s size. Yes, they have alligators in Africa, and they were huge but not as big as this one. “Please tell him not to call me a thing.” The alligator warned. “He doesn’t like being called a thing when he is part of me.” Nazima told Osmond.“My apologies my queen, I meant no disrespect, can I pet him?” Osmond asked. “Let him try to touch me and he will lose that hand.” Nazima could not help but laugh. Her demon was very grumpy. “No Osmond, no one is allowed to t
Nazima pulled out of the hug and Zane wiped her tears. “You are a queen now, crying like that would make your people think you are weak.” Zane teased making Nazima blush playfully hitting him on the shoulder. “You are not allowed to tease your queen.” Zane chuckled. “Now tell me, what is your next step?” Nazima sighed. She knew what she was about to say would not sit well with Zane.“I am planning on leaving first thing in the morning for Africa, if things are as bad as Osmond says then I cannot postpone the trip. I need you to stay behind and look after things on this side.” She paused and then looked at Zane with pleading eyes. “For the trip to be a success I must take Caleb with me so that the people can see that he is on my side and has accepted me as his queen. That he will not try anything in the future.” She paused looking at Zane.But the old man did not say anything, he knew Nazima well, and he knew she was not done. “I know I can’t guarantee that he won’t try anything agains
Early the following morning Nazima, Osmond and Caleb left for their journey to Africa. General Fisher got to work on his place to reinstate Caleb as king. He got the Merpeople on his side as well as his people. Now that he knew about other clans besides the ones close by, the general sent word to them as well.He was working fast and if things worked according to his plan, then Caleb would be king when he returned. Those thoughts made the general happy. Back at the palace Zane was busy with paperwork and finishing what Nazima left when a visitor was announced. Zane gave permission and the stranger walked in.Zane stopped what he was doing and looked at the stranger. The man was not from around and Zane wondered if she was also from Africa. “Greetings Zane, hand of the queen. My apologies for just showing up like this but I bring grave news.” Zane was alert just by hearing that. “Please sit down and tell me who you are and where you come from.” He offered and the stranger took a seat.
Zane had sent guards to help relocate Norma’s clan to the mainland and he did not tell Norma about it. he asked her to stay while he thought of a way to help them but in truth, he wanted to learn more from her about the humans they were working with so that they can plan their next step in rescuing their leader.As much as he did not want to help him, if the humans get what they want from him and no longer has use for him. Then they will look for more of his kind to continue their experiments and he could not let that happen. It will only put all of them in danger, the human race is known to be greedy and selfish. What they have done was only a start and they needed to put an end to it before things got out of hand.Zane was in meeting with the generals and has told them about general Fisher and Norma. “This is a tricky situation; general Fisher’s arrest has been a long time coming. The man never accepted our queen, and it was only a matter of time before he tried something. His issue
In the middle of the ocean halfway to Africa. Nazima and her crew had taken a break so they could hunt as they were getting hungry. The two men both offered to go hunting for their queen, Nazima allowed then to do as they pleased as she was also tired of being in the middle with the two. On the road when she was conversing with Osmond, Caleb would be frowning and same applied with Osmond when she was talking to Caleb.Then when she brought up a topic that was general and required both to participate, they would but end up arguing due to differences in opinions. She was getting a headache and when they offered to go hunting, she easily agreed just to have a few minutes of peace. But her moment of peace was short lived, and her demon began speaking. “Something is wrong back home.” Nazima sighed feeling drained, she has not even resolved the issue in Africa yet and now this. “What seems to be the issue?” she asked thinking of going back. “I can’t tell you that, we must get to Africa and
Osmond swum forward with the queen, but he could see that his queen was not at ease since they left Caleb behind. That did not sit well with Osmond, he liked the queen and wished she could be his. “He will be alright, my queen. He is Caleb the ruthless and those men are not match for him.” He said trying to sound as normal as he could.But in truth, he hated the fact that Caleb had the queen’s affection, he wanted favour in the eyes of the queen but he was not getting that. “I am not worried about Caleb; I am worried about what is going on back home. We must resolve this quickly so that I can go back.”It was a relief for Osmond to hear that, he even had a small smile forming on his lips. the queen was not worried about Caleb, which meant that she did not like him as much as he thought she did. That thought made Osmond happy.Soon their destination appeared up ahead, and Osmond frowned. He did not know what to expect when they got there. There is war going on here and he did not know