Chapter 62 Chapter 62
Queen Zita's POV.
"Star Coral, stop playing with those dogs." my advisor plus Friend was jumping up and down the huge flower pots nicely organized, teasing the wolves outside Alpha Jacob's mansion. I told him to remain outside as I went in to talk with Jacob.
We were supernatural beings who has immense powers to conquer Jacob's village just the two of us, but that's not what I followed. I followed my daughter Bella wood. I had been watching her ever since her powers triggered two months ago and when I told her who I was, she denied me on the spot.
"Where is your daughter, my queen?" He asked while he hurriedly walked to my side. When we stepped out of the water, our bodies evolved into a feeble humans I detested.
"She is inside the mansion." I evaded his stare because of the shame I felt. My very own daughter, rejected me, her birth mother stating that I was an imposter.
I sighed softly with a sad faraway look on my face.
My heart felt like it was ripped out of my body and slashed into small pieces by Bella's rejection…but I can't blame her. I was the worst mother on earth because I abandoned my very own flesh and blood to return back home to rule over what my parents left after I received the bad news about their death.
"Is she not coming with us?" He raised a question.
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"Not today," I heaved a long silent sigh and continued walking gracefully with my chin held high…if there was one thing daddy taught me was to back away if you are not needed and come back to fight another day.
Bella Wood was my daughter and her minor denial was not going to put me off fighting for her…
She is my daughter.
Bella is my daughter... I kept soothing myself to keep calm and peacefully walk away.
Why did I leave her in the first place you ask? Well, my story goes like this.
Twenty-two years ago
Seated by a huge rock under the sea, I flapped my silver shimmery tail, and marveled at the beautiful waves it made, even though my mind was filled with other thoughts.
"Princess Zita, your parents are looking for you." Star Coral, my favourite friend in the whole entire Ocean, propelled his body through the water by using his webbed transparent hands, fins, and dark purplish-colored tail to shift toward me.
It was my eighteenth birthday and instead of it being the happiest day, it turned out to be the saddest day I dreaded in my life. I was to be mated to ten mermans and they would each take turns and mate with me until one was successful in getting me pregnant then that would be my chosen life partner.
It was the most sadistic inhumane tradition my people followed for millions of years since the beginning of life. At least that is what my father Aegeus the king told me. For the past five years, my mother queen Blue was trying to prepare my mind for this atrocious act for me to produce the next heir of the pavlopetri city.
I was an only child hence the pressure to fulfill my parent's orders were heavy on my shoulders.
But no matter how many pep talks mom gave me, my mind was not ready to be brutalized in such a manner… I know it was tradition, but I could not bring myself to do such a horrendous act.
We had a small number of female mermaid inhabitants and more males hence the barbaric sort of mating.
Some unmated merman died of loneliness if they did not find a life spouse, hence the fight to impregnate a female by any means necessary when given a chance was taken seriously.
I sighed heavily, through the gills located on my neck.
My eyes were hooded as I stared into the darkest shadows of the deep end. I contemplated just vanishing into the deep blue never to be seen again.
"Star, do you perhaps have an idea what my parents want of me?" I asked the dreadful question even though I knew the answer to my own question.
He was a loyal companion I openly expressed how I felt about the ancient horrid mating tradition with ten mermans.
"It's time, princess." He hesitantly answered my query.
I whimpered while diamond-shimmering tears trickled down my pink cheeks. I never desired to take part in their old ancient tradition. "I can't go with you star." My head sprung with fear of the unknown.
I once heard that more than one female had lost their lives in such a masquerade.
"But what will you do?" He asked with a pale face.
"I don't know, but I won't attend your stupid mating ceremony." I got up from the rock I sat on looking for any way out of this Godforsaken ocean.
"But where would you go where your father won't be able to find in the sea?" He darted at me with a serious face.
Then a lightbulb lit up in my head as soon as he finished with his statement. He was right about my father finding me anywhere in the sea, but not on land. I was eighteen and once I stepped on the ground, my tail would instantly transform and become feet. I will have to go to the surface and fit in with the people.
I sighed merrily. "Star, I'm not going back with you at the mating ceremony."
"Uh?" Star Coral got up from the rock he sat on with unblinking focused eye contact. "Where are you going?" He swam my way.
"I'm going up there." I pointed my finger to the surface of the earth.
"What, Zita! you won't survive the cruel world of the surface." He tried to hold my hand but I moved my hand away from his grip while I glanced up to the sun rays piercing into the water.
"If I can survive the sea, I can survive the surface." I commenced paddling upward to the light and star Coral swam up to my face, blocking out the view of the surface.
"Princess, think about your parents and your people." He said.
"My people won't even care when I'm gone." I sneered then I shoved star Coral out of the way and swam to the surface.
" Please, princess. Think about the continuation of the lineage." He begged, but my mind was already made up. The surface was the only place my father, king Aegeus could never find me.
I stretched out my hand out of the water and my scales disappeared into my skin… wow I squinted my eyes to try to get a better view of my skin.
It was early morning and the sun's rays were not as harsh as the mid-sun of June
"Please, Zita, don't do it."
An enormous wave pushed me downwards, stumbling dangerously. I gasped while looking for an alternative way out, somewhere with calm waters.
"Zita wait." star coral's voice echoed at a distance as I dived deeper inside and swam fast as my fins and tail could take me until I passed out.
The successive time I opened my eyes, I was surrounded by vicious teeth-baring wolves, who had foam dripping down the sides of their mouths…I tried to lift up my finger to use my powers on them but my hand felt too heavy. I drifted back into slumber with my lungs burning as I wheezed for what I thought was my last breath.
Minutes, hours, or maybe days later…
I opened my eyes and I appeared what they call naked by you humans in one of the human houses with a strange scent in it.
The bedding on the bed had a sweet alluring masculine scent that was pleasing to my nose.
Where am I? I peeked around what looked like a small cottage… I knew some of these things because of the education about the surface we got back home in parlovpetri.
Thank the spirits I was well informed about some of these things, otherwise, I would not have stood a chance of survival on the surface.
I tried to wiggle my tail only to feel a strange heavy feeling. I peeked at the far end of my body only to catch a glimpse of my legs.
I have feet, wow, the feeling was unnatural because this was the first time I was fully human… legs were definitely heavier than my tail I must confide.
I looked around and the room was deemed with only a few candles lit up. I toiled to get up and that's when a beautiful man with two feet walked into the room. I quickly shut my eyes as I gave attention to his feet sauntering closer to me.
Keep calm Zita... my heart thumped wildly, suddenly yearning to be in someone's arms. I sneaked little glances when I could look at him in the corner of my eyes.
This man is Hot, my eyes uncontrollably dropped to his sexy abs and I was in love.
Never had I seen such a well-sculpted merman in the ocean.
"Hey, my name is John Wood." He blurted out and that's when my whole body shuddered with intense ecstasy as my gaze met his.
"Mine." My lips murmured as the whole world faded away.
In his eyes, I saw a future and was completely mesmerized by his soft gaze…
What was this strange feeling I felt for this man?