When Victoria arrived back at the kingdom, she went straight to the palace to check on Caleb, she figure that he must have been wake by now as she had been gone for a while.
But when she got there, the guards refused to let her in and that confused her. just a few minutes before she arrived the guardians arrived and asked for no one to be let into the meeting hall.
“we were given orders not to let anyone in.” one guard told her, Victoria frowned. Who would dare say that? She wondered. “Who said that? Well, it doesn’t matter because I am not just anyone.” She said moving passed the guards and into the meeting hall.
Everyone in the room turned to look at her. inside was Caleb, Zane and three women she did not recognise. She had never seen the women before. Two were Naga’s but from different clans judging by their markings.
One was a Mer woman but also from a clan she did not recognise as she did not know her markings. She
Caleb just stood there frozen in place, his mind blank and unable to process the news. Zane was the first to snap out of his trace and went towards the guardians. He was so shocked that his hands were shaking,“Please repeat what you just said.” Zane thought maybe he did not hear correctly and that maybe there was some sort of mistake. “I said that young woman there is the one who sold the queen out to the humans, her friend was just at the wrong place at the wrong time.”The guardian clearly explained making Zane feel dizzy. I was all too much to hear and take in at the same time. Victoria took advantage of their confused states and slipped out.“You are letting her leave just like that?” asked another guardian and the two men snapped out of it then one after the other they went after Victoria. When they could not see her outside, they spilt up.Caleb went towards her place while Zane headed to the shore after instructing the guards to spread to word about Victoria. Zane was mad at
Victoria was touched by what Brandon said. It seemed like he was ready to do anything to protect her and that warmed Victoria’s heart. No one has ever treated her this way, on her father but Caleb who she gave her heart to, was just cold towards her.“Thank you, but I want us both to be safe, you don’t know those people like I do.” Victoria now did not want to see Brandon hurt. She figured that she could be with him and give their relationship a chance.If she wanted to go back to the water in the future, then she would have to go to another clan and seek asylum as the queen would never take her back into the kingdom. She would kill her if she ever went there.On the other hand, at the beach front Caleb and Zane stole shorts. They wore them then started running towards the company. Zane knew the way from before and Caleb was just following his lead.They turned heads as they ran past the people, two things attracted the people’s attention to them. one was the tridents and swords they
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
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
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
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
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
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