Sacrificed to the Sea Lord (Lords of Atlantis Book 2) by Night Starla

Author:Night, Starla [Night, Starla]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

The Life Tree has blossomed.

The adviser closed his eyes in relief. Everyone else remained frozen.

Elyssa lifted her fist to cheer. Hooray! Right? They needed blossom nectar to transform the next bride into a mermaid.

Shock silenced the courtyard. The mer warriors froze. No one knew what to say.

Oops. She froze her half-raised fist.

The adviser opened his eyes again and noted her unfinished gesture. His sour mouth pinched.

She released her fist and hid her hand behind her back. Whatever he felt about her — which couldn’t be great, seeing as she was constantly accidentally flipping him off — he really, truly cared about approving the city and ensuring the health of Kadir’s Life Tree.

“Blossom? Nonsense.” Balim looked up from where he was studying fragmentary stone tablets etched with drawings of the ancient city. He squinted at Zoan, and behind him, swimming more slowly and correctly, Nilun. “Elyssa already drank the nectar and transformed into a bride. No other female is present. There must be some mistake.”

Nilun reddened and slammed his fist against his chest. “I will fight anyone who denies what we saw!”

The courtyard erupted in rumbles.

“Silence!” Kadir rose, solemn and majestic. “We will see this blossom.”

How exciting!

They all stormed across the water, bunched up to enter single-file between the granite-like petals, and zoomed down the corridor. Kadir swam hard and fast, Elyssa curled around him. Excitement hummed in the water, charged as electric eels.

“Zoan noticed changing tones of light,” Nilun called, puffing to keep up. “We inspected the Life Tree. The blossom is there now.”

At the inner sanctum, she uncurled from clinging to Kadir and grabbed his hand to cross onto the soft, white dais together.

The Life Tree glowed with radiant beauty. Its music sang in her soul. Where was the blossom? Oh, there. In the center of the trunk, where she had rested her forehead, a tiny bud unfurled into a teeny flower.

“I have never read about a blossom forming on the trunk,” Ciran murmured to Balim behind them. “And it is so small. Can a bride use this to transform?”

“I doubt it. There cannot be more than a single drop of liquid.”

“Then what is the meaning? This was not in my research. Will it develop into a seed instead?”

“If a seed, it will be the smallest seed ever created.”

The warriors murmured behind them.

Elyssa let go of Kadir’s hand and knelt before the twinkling blossom. It was like a water lily. Small, white petals curved around a sparkling center. The Life Tree glittered proudly.

Maybe that was the meaning. The Life Tree somehow knew she wanted to be a queen. This was its proof that she was right and belonged.

She stroked a soft petal. It felt like touching starlight. “This is where I—”

The flower released from the trunk and floated toward her.

The mermen gasped.

Her heart melted. The Life Tree really did gift her with the blossom. She captured the twinkling starlight, cupping it like a fragile butterfly. It winked in her hands and slowly faded to an ordinary white color, like a kiss drying on her skin.

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