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
The diving pot was seen by the scouts the moment it got to their territory and the queen was informed. By the time Brandon and his team got to the spot. Nazima, Zane, and Caleb were there wating for them.“These humans must have a death wish coming here again after everything.” Zane was fuming with anger as he said those words. “I told you that they will be waiting for us this time around.” Said Seun fear settling at the bottom of his stomach.“And I said I did not care, if they don’t give me what I want then they will all die.” Brandon said with a threatening voice. “Open the door.” Brandon instructed. The men shared a look.Peter nodded at Seun, and he opened the door. Both sides looked fearless. Brandon was determined and prepared to die if it meant he would see her again. Nazima on the other hand was thinking of ways to kill him slowly and painfully.“Well, well, well, I never thought I would see you again.” Said Nazima with a smirk on her face. Brandon showed no emotions, the man
They say pain makes you stronger and heartbreak makes you wiser. But Brandon’s heart break made him stupid, he still stayed on that beach on his knees with his heart bleeding every time he took a breath.But he stayed, with the hope that the woman he loved would return to him. The tide changed and the sunset. It got colder and the water kept hitting on him, but he stayed.He knew when he fell for her that he was being stupid. He fell for a woman whose heart belonged to another. All the effort he put into the relationship was like trying to fill a bucket full of holes with water.No matter how much you try the bucket will never be full as every time you tried to fill it the water escapes from the holes. That was Victoria and Brandon’s love. It hurt to admit that he was not as important to Victoria as he thought he was.He thought they had something, all these months he thought they were happy and in love. But the truth is that he was in love alone and that the woman’s heart was somewhe
Brandon was so preoccupied by the investors and people wanting to know more about the drug and how it worked that he forgot that Victoria was not back.When he realised that his woman was not by his side it was already twenty minutes later. He scanned the room for her but could not find her. he excused himself and went looking for her.He could not get into the ladies’ room and all he could do was to ask a woman who was going inside. “Miss, could you please help me?” the woman stopped and looked her him.She then smiled seductively when she noticed him. “Sure, anything for you handsome” Brandon could not careless for her flirting, all he wanted to do was to find Victoria.He fished his phone out of his pocket then showed the woman a picture of Victoria. “Can you please check if this woman is in there?” the woman frowned. She thought he wanted her number or something.“Fine, I will check.” She walked away leaving Brandon outside feeling anxious. She did not look for her, instead she di
Zane dried her tears with his thumbs then cupped her cheeks and looked tenderly in her eyes. “It’s okay to be sad and cry my darling. It is also okay to look out for yourself and happiness.” He sighed looking at the poor girl.She was young but carried the burden of the whole kingdom on her shoulders. He wished he could step in for her so that she can be a young woman in love without the burden of a kingdom.“Nazima you are young and my wish for you is love and happiness. It doesn’t matter where or from whom or what form it comes in. I just want you to have it. I want you to make mistakes and not worry about the consequences.”Zane teared up, Nazima never got to be a child and live life like one. She was on the run at the age of thirteen and had been taught how to be responsible as she was to become queen.She never got to be a normal teenager and do what children her age did. When she came back home her goal was to take back the crown and save her people. She did all that and now th
It has been a rough couple of months for everyone close to Nazima especially Caleb and Zane. Nazima kept her distance from Caleb and focused on the kingdom. Things in the kingdom improved a lot over the past months.Nazima managed to get things sorted for all clan, borders dividing the clans visiting and giving support to those who needed it. all this she did will the help of the council but the travelling she did alone accompanied by the guards.She refused Caleb’s offer to go with and chose guards for herself which she also trained whenever she got a chance. She was lonely and distant to everyone, hardly ever smiled. She was like a robot with no feelings at all.Having enough of it all Zane and Caleb decided to ambush her so that they could talk to her alone since she was not giving them the time of day to talk to her outside of the meeting hall.They went to her chambers early that morning hoping to catch her before the meeting start and before she could disappear again. The guards
At the penthouse facing the beach, a blond woman sat on the balcony watching the sunset. Her long legs stretched onto another chair as she laid back watching the view before here.The breeze kept caressing her fair and pale looking cheeks making her close her eyes enjoying the moment. A man in shorts and a vest sat next to her with a glass or red wine in his hand.His eyes were fixed on the woman as she kept closing her eyes. She was the most beautiful being he had ever seen. He kept taking small sips of his wine wetting his lips then running his tongue across them imagining her lips against his.The woman sighed as she thought of her home, how things might be now that she was found out. If her father was all right. Oh, her poor father, he had nothing to do with what she did and she was worried that he might face a certain death because of her.The man saw how troubled she looked and places a hand on her thigh and she slowly opened her eyes and looked at him. He was handsome and made
Zane and Caleb shared a look, and they knew that something had changed within their queen. That she was no longer the same woman she was before she was taken. They lifted their heads and looked at her.She did not say a word and she did not have to. “My queen, it was our mistake, we did not know who the guardians were and at the time Victoria was acting like a victim and we wouldn’t have suspected her.” Zane tried to explain.“Also, it was already the third day and they only came forward now to tell us they knew where you were. What took them so long?” Caleb said and Nazima glared at him.“Is it not your job as my trusted advisers to make sure that I as your queen is always safe and protected all the time? Why are you now blaming the guardians for your incompetence?” she was angry, and they could all see it.“The guardian’s job is to guide and advise me of matters regarding the kingdom not to protect me, that is your job and you failed at it!” nazima exploded. She was tired, hungry an
Nazima didn’t say a word as they left. She heard everything that Kendra said and felt that she was right. Caleb was also to blame for what Victoria did. It was her obsession with him which he did nothing to stop that led to all this.Caleb kept stealing glances at Nazima waiting for her to say something but the queen said nothing. She has been through enough all because of Caleb and she wanted some space from him.She needed time to be alone and figure out what she wanted to do with her life. She thought that there could be something between Caleb and herself but after all this, she was not sure.By the time they got to shore, there were many people there swimming and some just enjoying the sun. Nazima turned to look at everyone. “We need to go that side so that the humans don’t see us.” She pointed at a quitter spot, and everyone agreed.The looks they were getting from people were too much for Nazima and Kendra. Especially Kendra. When she got there, she was unconscious and did not
The two chiefs sung and dodged. Hid from foreign weapons of humans as they moved forward. They held no fear in their hearts as their hearts were no longer with them but with their queen.The one brought them peace, tranquillity and hope. They could not let her down again, they had already let her down when the humans took her from right under their noses.But now they had come to get her back and were willing to lay waste to the human kind if need be. The humans did not expert an ambush like that, therefore, they were not prepared and had no extra magazines to reload their powerful weapons.Gun shots were getting lesser and lesser as they ran out of ammunition. Some had long retreated when they saw how hopeless the situation was. If only they knew that they were not fighting ordinary men but gods.Beads of sweat covered Caleb and Zane’s bodies as they fought. Caleb was ecstatic, he had never had a battle like this before and he had never fought humans.He had to admit that they were w