14 — Discovered

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"𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐔𝐂𝐊 away from me! You monsters!" Esmeray shouted at Lucian who tried to make his way to her. The demon she had once thought was friendly and cared for her, was no longer the same. She had realized who he really was - a monster who wouldn't hesitate to end her.

He was just like the monster who had dared to attack her before.

"It's me, Blue. The rogues are gone," Lucian tried to comfort her, but she wasn't having any.

"No! You all are the same! Ready to kill me the first chance you get. I hate you! I hate all of you! You scoundrels!" she screamed.

She knew that there was no safe place for her, now that she was aware that the entire terrain was covered by these beasts. All she had was herself, and she had to protect herself. Triton was going to find her, hopefully. When he does, she needs to alive for him.

Lucian was worried for Esmeray. Her behavior was concerning - the way she had reacted to the wolves in general. When she woke up to see his canines, she had a panic attack. Moreover, she is always scared around the wolves and when she saw them in their animalistic form; she had grown pale.

Her words stung him, he didn't like the idea of her hating him. He didn't understand why she was claiming that he was going to murder her. All he had did for her was to take care of her.

"Blue, listen to me...." Lucian said, but Esmeray didn't hear him - she just took off.

"What the hell is going on, Lucian?" Raphael asked. The Beta had turned back into his man form when he saw Esmeray panic after Lucian confronted the girl he called 'Blue'.

"I have no idea. She is scared of us - she thinks we are going to kill her," Lucian says.

Raphael nodded, but confusion was all over his mind. Since the day Blue had been rescued from the sea by Lucian, she had been a mystery they had been trying to unfold. Not only her beauty was enchanting that Raphael found himself gaping at her whenever she was around, but her absence in the database of the wolves in the kingdom was concerning.

As a beta, it was his job to protect his Alpha and the pack, and not knowing who this stranger might be threatened their safety. There was no clear clarity about what she was doing there. Moreover, her element was yet to be discovered.

"What about the rogues?" Lucian asked.

Raphael handed the piece of paper the rogues had left with the body of one of their pack members. The loss of the pack member troubled him since they could feel the bond with the wolf break as he took his last breath. He was aware that Lucian was feeling guilty over what had conspired since he felt the pain of the loss of the packmate the most.

"They left this," he said and handed it to him.

Lucian's eyes furrowed when he read the message on the paper.

"𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍 𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅," the message read. Even though he was confused about who the girl was in this message, somehow he felt that it might be Esmeray. The rogues had specifically attacked her today but there was a chance that they were targeting her because she was a packmate.

But he was aware that the game was becoming more dangerous every day.

And he was unsure so as when will it finally come to an end.

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𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐄𝐃 danced in the air as Esmeray's hand twirled with it. Triton's face appeared in the air as her mind drifted to the memories of her mate. She sighed when she realized that it would be sometime when she sees him again.

Feeling angry, she threw away the water on the floor. The empty plate of food laid on the ground.

It had been five days since she left the room Lucian had given her, the frustration raging in her mind and heart, and the hate for those beasts keeping her from interacting with anyone who dared to come to greet her. Even Lucian came every day but left when he got no reply back.

The Queen inside of her wanted to drown every single of the demons around her, showing them that she can rage war if they dared to cross her. That she might die but she would take them with her.

The homesickness was plaguing her heart.

"You are better than this, Esmeray. You are a fucking Queen, for the sea's sake! Get up and find a way back home!" she told herself.

Finally, getting up from the bed she walked to the washroom. She stared at herself in the mirror, not recognizing the girl who stared back at her. With dry tears on her face, bloodied lips because of her biting them, and her hair was in utter chaos.

She knew that this couldn't go on forever, she needed to find a way back home.

Deciding on taking a shower to clean herself, she let go of her clothes and welcomed the cold water. As she closed her eyes, the memories of her family, the lessons with the Queen, the palace she called her home, and the arms of her mate. The vulnerability she felt without him was haunting her every second she was away from him.

Getting out of the shower and changing into some clean clothes, her eyes found the moon gazing at her from the window. The sudden urge to swim in the seawater became irresistible.

"Ugh... fuck it," she said as she opened the window and jumped out of it.

Thankfully, the fall was more graceful than before since she now knew how to land from the previous experience with it. She got up from the ground and made her way to the forest.

Her senses were on alert and navigating through the dark forest wasn't difficult for the mermaid since she lived deep inside the sea where no sunlight reached. She had finally got used to her legs as well.

Finally reaching the beach, she sighed at the sight of the beautiful sea that stared back at her. The part of the beach was different from the one she had been to before. She looked around to see if there was anyone else around and after confirming that there was none, she let go of her clothes and ran into the sea.

Summoning her tail, she dipped in and swam through the water. The fishes greeted her as she swam and the comforting feeling of water around her water made her smile.

She swam through the parts she hadn't explored before, looking at the sea creatures interacting with each other. They all bowed to her as she passed through them since she radiated the power of the Queen.

The time passed by quickly and she knew that in some time, the sun would replace the moon.

She swam back to the shore but her heart yearned to stay in the sea. In the way, she gathered some seaweeds for her to eat since the food they fed her was quite bland - there wasn't enough saltiness in it.

When she got to the shore, she didn't let go of her tail. Instead, she watched the moon becoming smaller as the sun rose up from the edge of the sea.

But her mind was so mesmerized by her surroundings, that she didn't hear the footsteps until they were too close.

"What are you?" a voice said behind her.

Esmeray jumped in fright as she turned to face one of the demons staring at her.

Or more specifically her tail.

She had been discovered.

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