" The Queen took him? Why? "Mia tried getting up. Worried. Even though she herself was extremely fatigued. It felt like her entire body had just been run over by some rogue bull . Her insides still throbbed. She held her stomach as she stood up to head towards the Queen's palace." Mia, wait. You haven't recovered well. Besides the Queen did ask to send words when you are awake. She will send your boy for feeding. "Jade pleaded with her niece.Mia wasn't listening. She knew the other side of the Queen. Flashes of the baby mer-boy and Anjana was disturbing her peace of mind." What if she harmed her baby? What if she was planning something evil with him as well. "Mia's mind was all over the place. It was more messed up than the dreams she just had.Mia darted off towards the palace. Her aunts close behind her heels.She found the guards at the gate relax as soon as they saw her approaching. They all smiled and congratulated her. Which was a very unreal sight in the gloomy mer-world.

The next morning Mia called her aunts." Aunt Jade.Aunt Ruby . Will it be possible for you two to take my baby for a tour of the outside? Show him around the mer-word? I feel too tired all of a sudden. I would like to get some sleep. "" Of course we can. "Ruby patted Mia's head." It's natural to feel exhausted. You had such a difficult child birth. Don't worry. We will take good care of him. You can take some rest. "Jade kissed Mia on her head." You promise ? "Mia implied a promise that was deeper. But none of them understood." Of course silly girl.We will. Why do need to be so dramatic? " Ruby tapped her head with her hand. Mia smiled.She pretended to go to sleep as they went away with her child.Mia stayed like that for sometimes, before quickly getting up and heading for the stream that was beside the ridge. The ridge where Lin had hidden her inside a barrier. Mia sighed. Those days seemed so long ago. Back then she was hopeless. Back then also she was alone.Hiding, scare

Lin and Xie were hard at work. Their brothers had also given them much helping hand. It was way too much work to bring their entire populations in one place. That too within the constant protection of the barrier." HEAVE- HO"They pulled the make shift tents up, one after the other. There was no time to build anything at that point. It was also of no use as concrete and fabric, both stood between the grudge and them, in the same way. Their only protection against it was their barrier. They toiled day and night to keep it up. Strengthen it and make it as inclusive and wide spread as possible ." Do my brothers need any help! "Roe jumped in between Lin and Xie as they were immersed in discussing a structure." Gosh! Roe. You scared me to death. ".Xie exclaimed with his hand over his chest.Roe poked him right at the place." Ouch. ".Xie exclaimed.Lin smiled. It was amusing to see this duo fight. He looked here and there." Where is that useless bird? " He asked." Boshu you mean? The

Mia found herself standing in front of the great old tree.It however looked very different this time.It had shades of grey between it's leaves. Mia rubbed her eyes to check properly if indeed it was true or was she seeing things.Suddenly she felt a strong pull. She tried resisting with her hands by ended up being tangled in the branches that were coming down like creepers that were mobile. It was like Mia was getting sandwiched between the ground pushing her towards the Tree and the vines trying to tangle her in its grip.She fought for a few minutes, then realised that there was no use. She had willingly come there. She had willingly promised to sacrifice herself in exchange for her boy's life. This was the end of her life.The realisation made her give up. She stopped struggling. The vines slowly weaved a web around her when she suddenly realised that she had not asked the Tree of Knowledge how it was going to save her boy and her family from the curse." Hey. Hey. Stop. Please s

" What? Mia can traverse the under current? "The queen sat back on her throne fixing her nails as she received the news." That's big news. " She said to herself." I dare to disagree Your Majesty. The big news is not that Mia can traverse the undercurrents. The big news is that we picked up the presence of not one but two males of our species from direction in which Mia traversed. "The entire courtroom went up on their tails.An instant murmur erupted.The queen however seemed very calm and poised about the matter.Just then Jade and Ruby arrived at the place." Really? Has Mia been conspiring this whole time against our entire race? She went in the direction of the undercurrents when our males are hiding.Do you understand what it means when we say males? "There was no answer. Only murmured that grew louder." Makes implies my mate and the mate of our beloved Crystal whom we had been searching for ages.Apparently Mia knew his location. He mother's mate. How touching must have be