The King Is Mine

Meanwhile, Lady Marina walked back to her abode. Her naked feet traced on the sand, rocks, and sea glasses.

She heard the wind as it swept through the ocean water. But what's louder are her ragged breaths as she pondered on the King's decision.

She has just heard of the public announcement by the town crier regarding the King's marriage to the female human. What adds up to her fury was the report of her servant in front of her.

"Are you 100% sure that you saw the two of them kissing beside the creek?" Lady Marina asked one of the mermaids. She was the one who told her about the King and the female human.

"Yes, my lady. I threw a fish to distract them. Fortunately, they stop what they're doing and eat what I have given to them," said the mermaid with her hand on her chest. She sounded like she was completely loyal to her.

Her back was still red with lash marks, making Lady Marina feel pity for her. She instructed a merman to whip her because she thought that she was giving her a false report about the King.

Lady Marina gave her a shell before she commanded, "Go to Cordelia and have your wounds treated."

Cordelia was a well-known female physician in the Land of Gaea who specifically treated mermaids.

The mermaid immediately bowed her head in gratitude, "Thank you, Lady Marina. You are most merciful and kind."

She received the shell with both her hands and immediately left Lady Marina with her merguards.

Lady Marina couldn't help but shriek in anger at the confirmation, making the merguards cover their ears in fear of being deaf.

A regular mermaid's scream could make any creature earless.

And Lady Marina was no ordinary mermaid. She was the designated leader of all the creatures underwater.

"How could he get intimately with her like that? And in broad daylight!" she seethed.

She could feel her rage steaming out of her ears. With her anger, no oceanic melody could pacify what she was feeling right now.

"Was it because she was also a human like him?" Just thinking about it made her grimace again.

Her fingers flew to her skin. It was as cold as snow. She could not compete against a warm-blooded human.

"Here I am, my lady," one of the merman approached her from beneath the waters.

Lady Marina nodded her head at him. She already asked around how the female human came into Gaea.

He must be the bearer of that information.

"One of the Sturgeons told me that a supernatural creature saved her from a disaster," the merman reported.

"A supernatural creature? Who is it?" Lady Marina repeated back to the merman, to which he immediately replied. "He has no idea. He said he has never encountered that creature before."

Lady Marina's heart thumped within her chest. "Did he see what he looked like?"

"According to him, it seemed like he was a form of a pure light that could blind any creature within its radius," the merman continued to relay what the Sturgeon had seen during that day.

"Could it be King Leandro?" Lady Marina's jaw dropped when another thought hit her.

"Or could it probably be the Great Theos himself?"

She has not seen the Great Theos all the days of her life.

But she has a deep instinct that the Great Theos was connected to the female human having the permission to get inside Gaea.

The water waves splashed on her feet as they covered the sand and went to the horizon again.

It appeared like it was calling her to visit its edge. But Lady Marina didn't mind.

"If that is true, this was the first time that the Great Theos himself involved himself in the affairs of the King's procreation. How could I even be on a par with that? That is unfair!"

She could still remember that night when they tried to procreate.

The King's ruggedly handsome face, his chiseled body and his excellent skill in bed.

Lady Marina's eyes unconsciously closed. "How could I move on from that?"

At first, she just wanted to be the Chosen One that is why she agreed. But like the other women, she could not give him a son.

After that, the King stopped seeing her, since it was the only purpose why they get together.

She drifted away for a while, accepting her defeat.

But now that she has a rival, it seemed like her desire got even stronger.

It didn't matter whether she was smitten to be the queen or she wanted the King for himself.

She would not allow anyone, especially that female human, to take what rightfully belongs to her.

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It is easier to pluck a flower than to nurture it; which is why some would prefer to destroy your talents than nurture them. Don't let anyone destroy the pure beauty inside you.