Caleb listened to her declaration but said nothing, he knew who she was the moment he saw that trident. He walked away without saying a word. The generals were left there shocked after the revelation. The Crab general had a small smile playing on his lips. This was good, exceptionally good. This meant change was coming and he could not wait.“Well, isn’t this something?” He said looking at his fellow generals, they seemed to have lost their voices after the princess spoke. The Crab general walked forward and bowed to Nazima. “Your Majesty, it is good to have you back. We thought they had killed you just like your father and brother.” Nazima looked at the old general in front of her.She did not know if she could trust him or not. “I am sorry to disappoint you king, but I am back, and things are about to change around here.” She said with so much confidence. She might have been captured but at least Zane was not, and she knew he was going to do everything he could to free her. “Do not
When Zane was on his way back to look for the princess, he saw two of the king’s guards coming his way and he hit. He waited for them and heard them talk about how they could not believe it was a Naga woman who was killing the Merpeople. They spoke about how they could not wait to see what the king was going to do to the treacherous slave.Zane was angry but he knew that he could not help the princess alone, he needed help and fast. He waited for the guards to leave before he swam away going to look for the slave camp, he heard the previous ones talking about. When they met him, they asked him what he was doing that side of the territory and why he left the slave camp.Zane knew they didn’t recognise him as the former king’s personal guard. He fought them and killed them before going to look for the princess and now hearing of her capture. He could only think of one place that was horrible enough for the king to put the Naga people. The one place in their territory with no fish to eat
General Fisher could not stop thinking about what he saw no matter how hard he tried to get it out of his mind. He was in a gloomy mood when he arrived back home and didn’t even meet with his council as he intended. He didn’t even notice they were there until he was told about it, and he ordered them to leave. He said he will call them the following day to discuss things.On the other hand, Caleb was in a sullen mood, when he saw Nazima’s black and blue body because of all the torture she endured, he was not happy at all. It was he who ordered her to be tortured but now seeing her like that he didn’t like it. He delicately laid her down on his own bed then went out to get healing seaweeds then wrapped her whole body with them.When he was done, he left her to rest, but he kept going back to check on her and when he found that she was still unconscious he would be disappointed, and his mood turned even more sullen. No one dared to approach him when he was like that. When he went to che
“I think we should back the princess, she is our only hope at a better life. Remember how prosperous we all were under her father’s ruling? The Naga king never wanted anything from us, all he demanded was peace and we can have all that if she becomes the queen.” The Crab general said talking to his council.“The Naga clan is the most peaceful of all the species, but I heard and saw how mercilessly she killed those merpeople. The princess has changed, and we must expect that she might be exactly like the Mer king, then what?” one of his council members voiced his concerns. All of them saw the bodies of the merpeople and the sight wasn’t pretty.“How did you expect her to take back the throne? By talking to them? did you forget how the merpeople slaughtered the Naga people and the king? That girl lost everything at a very tender age and in the hands of the merpeople. She fled to the gods know where to save her life, did you expect her to come back and negotiate peacefully with the Mer k
The seers were the first to arrive at the slave camp when they got the message of the princess’s return, they always knew she was alive but were never shown where she was exactly until a few days ago and when the Naga’s arrived and told them about her return. They were more than willing to go and see for themselves and assist her in the way the god instructed them.“By the gods, I cannot believe it. You are here.” One seer said when they saw Nazima. They last saw her a year before the war between her kind and the Merpeople. “I am sure you do not remember us princess, but we are the seers, we advised your father when he was king, and we are here for you.” Nazima looked at the three women in front of her.“If you are advisors of kings then why are you not advising king Caleb?” she asked, when she escaped Caleb, she went to her people where she found Zane and he told her about the plan. Her people were happy to see her, but some were disappointed that she did not have the trident of king
“You really are a freak, you even have a demon, and you think the likes of you would lead our kind?” said one of the king’s guards, their appearance made Nazima and Zane feel anxious. They both knew that Nazima needed to merge with her demon now before it is too late. “If you want to keep your lives then hand him over,” Zane warned but the two guards sneered.They hated the Naga people and Zane was no different. They thought he was one of the males in the slave camp and saw no threat when they looked at him. When they found and captured Nazima, she was alone, and they did not think she came with someone. “You are a slave, and you know better than to talk to us like that. Or do you want us to teach you a lesson?” they asked but Nazima had no time to entertain them.Now that she was close to her demon, she could feel how he was slowly slipping away. She needed to merge with him, and she needed to do that now. Without thinking, she swung her snake tail and wrapped it around the Alligator
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