Spellbound by the Sea Lord by Starla Night

Author:Starla Night [Night, Starla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-25T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

Balim felt Bella’s tension through the water.

“I can’t wait to see Atlantis.” She smiled at Queen Lucy with closed lips. “I’ve heard so much about it.”

“Conveniently, two Life Tree blossoms have just bloomed, so you can both drink the nectar at your wedding ceremonies.”

“Only two?” Bella questioned. “On the whole tree?”

The groups separated, and Queen Lucy waved goodbye. Lotar, Diran, and the surface warriors ascended the cable with the escort of Octopus Kong. Queen Lucy led Balim, Pelan, her warriors, and Pelan’s bride to Atlantis.

“Yes. The Life Tree grows a blossom when there is a need.”

Bella fixed him with worried eyes. “You had one in New York.”

“It should have gone to Faier’s bride. Living in a tank is unusual.”

“Aya kept alive the little blossom that Elyssa gave her,” Queen Lucy chimed in.

“Because she already possessed the force of a powerful queen. Another future queen staffs MerMatch. My belief is Hazel and Faier’s guess was Dannika. One kept the blossom alive by her presence.”

“Neither wants to become a mermaid.”

“Oh, I felt the same way, once.” Queen Lucy made the light crackle from her fingertips. “If my old self could see me now.”

Bella bit her lip.

“Perhaps another will grow,” Balim vibrated quietly. “The Life Tree senses the need. Blossoms grow when brides are located.”

“How do you feel about becoming a doctor’s wife?” Queen Lucy asked Bella conversationally as they descended along the cable.

“About the same as he feels becoming a marketing executive’s husband,” Bella replied deftly.

“Oh, you used to do marketing?”

“I’ve completed a marketing campaign for the mer and am waiting for the ideal timing to release it.”

Queen Lucy laughed. “Right. I don’t mean to be dense. It’s difficult to maintain a life on the surface and also raise a family, rule a city, and change the world beneath the sea.”

“Yes, and so I’m continuing your work. You did a wonderful job of introducing the modern world to the mer with your Facebook videos, but new voices have arisen, and you’re not there to control the record.”

“Oh.” She frowned. “My friend Mel is still replying.”

“Yes, but the world has changed. The narrative is being taken over by other voices who claim to have more authority—and you won’t like the direction they’re taking it.”

Queen Lucy darkened. “The Sons of Hercules.”

“The person who controls the narrative controls reality. So that’s what I’m trying to do. I’m taking your narrative back.”

“But instead, here you are.”

“Here we are,” Bella agreed, grim once more. She swallowed convulsively.

He held her closer. Feel my strength filling you with the power of the Life Tree…

She stiffened.

Once she saw the city and the majestic Life Tree, she would relax. Its presence would reactivate the elixir in her veins.

He hoped.

She swallowed again hard.

Just a little farther…

The wreck of the ancient city grew across the ocean floor.

Finally.

It differed from the last time Balim had seen it.

Cables were embedded in the wreckage. Human lanterns were stuck into bits of the floor and flattened the view throughout the territory.

It gave their enemies more places to hide.

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