(At the secret Dungeon…)
" Now what? your queen couldn't wait for one more month to kill me?" Vashi asked the four Merguards who had secretly come to take her out of the dungeon as ordered by the queen.
" The queen promised not to kill you because of some personal reasons I believe you know about" Olga said coming inside the dungeon
" I know you, I would recognize this voice anywhere; you were the one who took away my daughter from me, you ugly creature!" Vashi angrily shouted dangling the chain on her hand
" A traitor like you doesn't deserve to be a mother" Olga told her
" Wait till I let everyone know the truth about you killing king Ayata's daughter and doing all the queen's evil biding. I will start by revealing that you are a hideous sea witch" Vashi angrily said as she spit on her face
" Take her away" Olga ordered.
The four guards quickly unlocked the cage and drags her out of the dungeon.
The Princess and her maid)
" Have you met with your future husband? Prince Luca must be dying to meet you after the celebration" Amanda said giggling
" Yes, I have, I hope he stays alive for the next six months before our wedding because I don't trust my mother. She has been smiling nonstop" Princess Adunni said.
They both stare at the queen from where they were seated.
" What if prince Luca was who she wanted to be your husband? maybe she was just deceiving you to think he wants prince Obi" Amanda told her
" Do you know which kingdom the Queen's sister Vashi comes from?" Princess Adunni asked her
" Oceania of course, Before she became a traitor" Amanda answered
" Good, then you should know that after my grandfather and Vashi; the next thing my mum hates is the Sirens of Oceania, she will do everything in her power to bring calamity upon them and end their existence" she told Amanda
" Why can't we be like our ancestor's lord Poseidon and his wife Tethys who ruled the seas without hate?" Amanda curiously asked
" They were gods for goodness's sake, Not like us mortal Sirens with strange desires" princess Adunni responded.
" That's true" Amanda said quickly agreeing with her
" We should go check out the dungeon now. The queen and others won't be able to leave the celebration for the next two hours " the princess said and Amanda gnarled at her.
(5pm in Bellaire city)
Oma dashed out of the house when she heard her mother's car horn outside, she opened the gate and let her in as she drove straight to the garage
" Welcome back home mum" she greeted "how was the trip?"
" It was good, But I couldn't wait to get home and check if my house were still standing were I built them" she teased
" I took care of the house mother; you have nothing to worry about" she assured her why hoping Erica keeps her feet in one place inside the room.
" I know you would, I trained you myself; You wouldn't let anyone mess with my property" her mother said locking her car; only if she knew how a total stranger has become part of her family not to mention that she wore her dress out of the house.
Oma smiled with her hand slightly trembling when she had thought that.
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" Watch over her, I will take a look around the temple for anything suspicious" Olga told them.
She swims out leaving the Merguards alone to handle the rest
When Vashi saw Olga was out of sight, she faked that she was choking from something she had on her mouth while acting weird
" What are you doing?" One of the Merguards asked her in curiosity
" H... h. help me, I can't breathe" she said faintly as she continued her tricks.
" Hold onto my weapon so that I can relieve her" One of the mermen told the younger one
"What if she is just faking it?" another whispered silently to him
"Does it look like she is faking it? she is probably allergic to something on this old temple" he replied
" Okay, but be careful " the other said
One of the Merguard reached for her back to help her vomit out whatever that was stuck on it. As the older one touched her, Vashi quickly hit him hard on his eyes using the back of her head, she didn't give them any chance as she flipped the one who had gotten closer to her. As the younger one come closer with his weapon, she used her tail to hit him hard throwing him to the others as his weight pushed them down.
She didn't hesitate to start swimming out of the temple without looking back
" Don't let her escape!" the older one shouted why still trying to see clearly. Vashi swims faster as she could, she had been setting up plans all these times they were heading to the temple; she has been observing every corner of the river. She swims into a hole she had seen earlier to hide. Olga came out when she had heard the continuous loud noises, she was shocked at the absence of Vashi.
(Erica and Oma)
" You will need to be more careful now my mum is back" Oma warned
" I am older than you and definitely know what I ought to do " Erica said
" Coming from the lady who creeps everyone out and can't even remember anything about herself" Oma said as she starts gathering the dirty laundries to go wash them before her mum sees it.
" You are my younger sister now; you should figure out who I am " Erica said.
She laid on the bed starring at the painting on the wall.
"I don't want to be your younger sister" Oma said to her
She never felt more alive until the arrival of Erica, she gets to try out new things with her and even shared dresses, beds, food and cleaned the house together.
Still lost in her own thoughts, She felt something on the dirty laundries she was going to wash, when she raised the black hood up; It reeks of blood, she dipped her hand inside the pocket and was more than shocked to see their tea knife inside of it with traces of blood.