166 Come back, Isabella!

**Elizabeth's POV**

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"What are you doing?" Dylan grabbed my shoulders and pushed me away.

"I want to taste the wine. Just a taste." I made a random excuse, then grabbed him by the hair, pulled his head down, and kissed him on the lips again.

He was so startled that he even dropped his glass. But I grabbed his long hair and wouldn't let him raise his head.

I thought he wouldn't have kissed anyone else in a million years since he really loved Isabella with all his heart. I hope my kissing skills can conquer him.

I lay in his arms, my hands gradually moving from his hair to his neck. The scent of alcohol made me bolder. I did my best to seduce him. I bit his lips gently and licked his tongue.

He still tried to push me away, but I grabbed his hands and put them on my breasts.

Nice touch, isn't it?

His breathing became heavy. I released my hand, and he didn't remove his hand from my breast.

I think I was successful by half.

I put my hands on his abs and slid them below his belly button.

From what I remember, it should be here. There were a few scales blocking the crack, and his dick was shrunken inside the crack.

I stroked it for a moment, then I felt something wet against my palm.

As I grabbed it, Dylan let out a groan.

His tail whipped around in a panic, knocking over the harp. I was afraid he would hurt me, so I hummed the melody of the song he taught me in a low voice.

Mermen can't resist the lure of song, can they?

He didn't resist anymore while his cock was getting bigger and harder.

Suddenly, he put his hand on my thigh.

I didn't know what he was going to do, but soon, the scales on top of my dress came apart piece by piece. I became naked. The fabric fell to the ground while all the scales and pearls surrounded us like flower petals.

To my surprise, Dylan parted my thighs and then thrust his dick into my wet pussy.

I let out a scream of panic. I hadn't expected him to take the initiative. I hadn't planned to proceed this far with him. But it was too late to regret it.

I didn't realize until this moment how special the merman's dick was built. Instead of pulling it out of my pussy, Dylan held me tightly while it automatically stretched inside me in rapid succession.

I didn't have any chance to escape. He was completely out of his mind with my temptation.

"Slow down, Dylan, slow down...don't hurt my child..." was all I could do to beg him to slow down. I couldn't handle the overly intense sex.

To please him, I offered to kiss his cheek and ear, "Be gentle, Dylan..."

Dylan slowed down and took care to hold my belly, so I wouldn't get hurt.

Although I'm ashamed to admit it, I did take pleasure in the sex. I clutched his muscular arms and moaned uncontrollably with pleasure.

God, it was so good. I hadn't had sex in a long time. I hadn't realized until now that my body was so hungry for sex.

I closed my eyes and imagined Dylan behind me as Caleb to reduce the guilt I felt inside.

As I was coming, Dylan ejaculated.

I heard him calling out in my ear, "Isabella..."

My body stiffened. It seemed that he and I both thought of each other as substitutes for others.

Good, so I can do what I need to do without any burden.

I touched his chest when he wasn't looking. Sure enough, the special scale that protects his heart appeared.

I quietly took the scale off and gripped it tightly in my hand.

Dylan didn't notice. He rested his chin on my shoulder and gasped with satisfaction.

"Your heart is beating so fast." Dylan suddenly said, his voice a little hoarse.

I clutched the scale in my hand. I was afraid he would find out that I had stolen the protective scale from his chest, so I said in a seductive voice, "If you touch it, it will beat faster."

Dylan's hand moved slowly, slowly over my left breast.

"It feels great, doesn't it?"

"Yeah. It's great. It's softer than water."

After a moment of silence, Dylan asked me, "I thought you hated me. Why is there such a big change in your attitude?"

I had lied a lot, and I didn't mind telling more lies.

"Because I've figured out that I should accept it if it's my destiny to stay under the sea with you forever. I found out that you're not too bad a guy. You're just too lonely."

Dylan didn't say anything. He was hugging me behind me, and I couldn't see his expression.

Maybe he's smug now. He thought about how he already knew I would succumb to his majesty. Everything was under his control.

Suddenly, I felt a kiss on my shoulder.

"Elizabeth..."

I was surprised; it was the first time I had heard Dylan call me by my name.

"If I hadn't met Isabella before, I think I might have fallen in love with you. But I'm sorry...I've waited 10,000 years, and I have to get a result."

I laughed sarcastically. No one cared about his waiting. His waiting only moved him to himself.

"It doesn't matter. I'm content to be Isabella's substitute." I dismissed him casually. I just wanted to stall for time until the moment when twelve o'clock came.

The orange-tailed Merman told me that I just needed to take Dylan's protective scale and that he would take care of things after that.

I didn't know what action he would take, and when he would take it, I had to make sure Dylan couldn't retrieve his protective scale.

When he wasn't noticing, I quietly put his scale into my mouth and hid it under my tongue.

"Elizabeth, I'm sorry." After hearing Dylan's apology, I suddenly felt a heavy strike to the back of my head.

In the moments before I passed out, I thought in horror, "Did Dylan find out that I stole his scale?

Did the plan fail?

**Dylan's POV**

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I snapped my fingers, and the transparent scales floating in the air reverted back to Elizabeth's body into a dress.

I carried Elizabeth, who had fallen into unconsciousness and walked towards the altar.

My beta was already standing in front of the altar, waiting for me. Behind him was a glowing Pentacle.

There was a strange young woman lying in the center of the Pentacle, and also in the center of the altar.

Beta knelt down towards me on one knee, "Alpha, everything is ready. You may activate the ritual at any time."

He reached towards me, he wanted to take Elizabeth from my arms and place her in a certain position in the Pentacle as planned, but I did not act as planned.

I just stood there, looking at the Pentacle on the altar, and fell into hesitation.

Why did I hesitate? Why could I not make up my mind until this moment?

According to the original plan, I would gather Isabella's soul and inject it into Elizabeth's body. Then, I would inject Elizabeth's soul into the body of another girl.

The strange girl in the center of the Pentacle was the vessel I found to hold Elizabeth's soul. I had my subordinates search the entire sea to find the best candidate. The girl died of a sudden heart attack three days ago. I purchased her body from her parents.

Everything was ready. Things were going very well. Now all I had to do was put Elizabeth on the altar and activate the spell, and my Isabella would come back to life.

I was just one step away from success, but then I suddenly wanted to change my plan.

I made a giant bubble to wrap Elizabeth's body and put her aside.

"Alpha!" Beta was puzzled and shocked by what I had done, "Aren't you going to go ahead with the ritual?"

"Did I say the ritual was going to be canceled?"

"But Lady Elizabeth is one of the sacrifices in the ritual. Why don't you put her on the altar?" The beta asked.

"It just occurred to me that this ritual could work without Elizabeth."

I can just inject Isabella's soul into the body of the strange dead girl so that Elizabeth doesn't need to be involved.

Although doing so turned out to be imperfect, and the strange girl looked nothing like Isabella. But it didn't matter, I loved Isabella's soul, not her face.

Beta's expression looked very shocked; he couldn't seem to believe that I would make such a decision.

I couldn't believe it either.

I am a cruel ruler. My heart is as cold as the seawater. But I don't know why I can't be cruel to Elizabeth.

Maybe, as Elizabeth said, I was too lonely. Even though Elizabeth hadn't been with me for very long, she had become a special one to me.

I can't hurt her. The guilt and remorse I felt before I hurt her would drive me crazy. I decided to let her go.

After I resurrect Isabella, I will allow Elizabeth to leave the sea. In addition to that, I will lift the restrictions on this sea and the restrictions on the forbidden valley, and I will give freedom to everyone.

"Stand guard for me, don't let anyone disturb my ritual."

"As you command."

Ascending the altar, I used my sharp nails to make a Pentacle-shaped cut on my palm, then squeezed the blood from my palm down onto the Pentacle on the ground.

After my blood covered all the Pentacle on the altar, I opened my arms and chanted the spell aloud -

"Holy Most High God

I, in the name of the Alpha of this sea, hereby pray to you

With all my power and my endless life as a sacrifice

In exchange for your mercy on me

By the power of Your greatness

Let the soul of my beloved one return to me!"

The Pentacle on the ground erupted in a burst of blood-red light. At the same time, I felt the power in me being swallowed up.

I didn't get flustered because, with the help of the Soul Gathering spell, I could clearly sense where each of Isabella's soul fragments was located. I could see that they were moving toward the altar.

I was thrilled. No matter what the cost, I wanted to resurrect Isabella.

"Come back, Isabella!"

At my call, thousands of soul fragments were put together in front of me like a jigsaw puzzle in the shape of a woman.

I couldn't control my tears as I watched the familiar face become clearer and clearer in front of me.

"Isabella..."

I wanted to reach out and caress her face, but I didn't dare to touch her. I was afraid that she would shatter like a bubble.

The fragments of Isabella's soul only pieced together the head and shoulders and then stopped. Everything was like a movie scene with the pause button pressed.

I panicked. I hurriedly input more power to extend the search to cover a wider area.

After searching the entire sea, the entire forbidden valley, and the entire grassland, I was completely exhausted.

If it weren't for the pentacle clinging to my body like glue, I would have collapsed to the ground.

But to my delight, more soul fragments began to join in piecing together Isabella's body again. After a while, the upper half of Isabella's body had been pieced together.

"Isabella, my love, come back, come back to me..."

Perhaps having heard my plea, Isabella slowly opened her eyes.

We looked at each other.

It was the first time we saw each other after a gap of 10,000 years.