Being caught between two worlds is not easy. Dineo grew up an ordinary human aside from her weak lungs and breathing problems. Until one day when Neo’s world is turned upside down. Neo learns she has never been human at all, and she has a vital role to play that could save lives on both land and sea.  Neo takes us on a journey of self discovery, from being a sickly human to a powerful ocean queen. 

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Neo slowly moved towards the water to do as ordered. Her bare feet gradually parted with the ground as soon as she stood beneath the waterfall. A mirror reflection of her appeared, she was aware that she was looking at herself but the white patterns all over her upper body and the long purple fish tail made her doubt that it was truly her.
"You need to embrace what you are and return to the ocean" Thandi said "Because the answers that you seek are within the depths of the ocean." 












Blood and Water

"I beg for your forgiveness," Sazhi said to the crowd looking at him with judgemental eyes. 


"We've got a battle to concern ourselves with," Ika said. "We've got no time to listen to you ask for forgiveness," he swam away from everyone. Sazhi's family was the reason why Ika had been locked inside the weapons section of the old royal house of Odunda. They wanted to wipe every trace of the true history of Odunda away so they'd continue building new structures and laws. 


"What was the point of all of this?" Tunga asked Sazhi. 


"To eventually have a reigning Queen's children inherit the throne as done in many kingdoms," Sazhi confessed. "Takhi was going to change the laws eventually so that her first born daughter could inherit the throne. That way, we would be certain that my lineage is always on the seat of power." Sazhi began to float involuntarily. Everyone looked around and realized Ika had his claw up. 


Chapter 44