Deep in the dark waters, there was a ripple.
The creatures in the depths shuddered, as several powerful auras appeared one after each other in various parts around the water world.
One, in particular, was a massive creature with a white and black form, who suddenly appeared in his magnificent glory.
The male in particular had a white form with black patches around both his eyes and his entire underside.
The dorsal fin on his back was half his length covered with two rings made from the core diamonds.
Around each of his flippers were golden alloy bands while resting magnificently covering half of his head is the king band.
Proof that he is a sovereign—king and over ruler of his kind.
The king made a flick with his tail, then released a shrill squeak, followed by a strange echoing growl.
The creatures in the watery depths shuddered, those unable to withstand the backlash were torn apart, fainted or frozen, unable to move.
It was not too loud, but enough so that the servants who had followed were alerted and rapidly left their various tasks to appear one after the other before their sovereign.
One in particular around half the side of the massive black and white creature threading the water's depths.
Closer and asked in a respectful thought in their tongue; to outsiders, it was a series of squeaks and clicks trailing with rumbles.
'My king, will you step on the land now that you have arrived?'
The King did not reply but felt lost in his memory of the most alluring creature he had given his hearts to.
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'Will you become my queen consort, Xia Zephyr?'
Circling the large shark-kin female who was the last to remain in the water depths. The females of Orcinus Orca were praiseworthy and once upon a time the king a few hundred world tides passed had thought that his queen would have been Bikra Rakija from the Bikra noble Orca clan within his kingdom territories but then the massive shadow of this female had appeared one day while he had been taking leisure swim and he thought.
The fins on this female, her long slender tail and her jaws.
The King had seen her suddenly swam at a rapid pace blinking from his vision to appear in front of a blue whale, her size suddenly growing massive and split the whale in two swallowing first the lower half and then the upper before attacking the rest within the pod.
All twenty were quickly slaughtered, including the young.
Merciless, decisive and beautiful.
Not even sparing us, who were just below a glance as she swam away, returning to a much smaller size looking simply inconspicuous.
In truth, her kind and his were mortal enemies, but not to the point they would foolishly attack, either.
Just that before because the orcas moved in groups while the shark-kin are few and moved alone.
His kin would hunt down the line shark-kin and devour them for their power and flesh.
It wasn't until his father had taken over as king and their matriarch had spoken with them that they no longer indiscriminately attacked each other.
From his two hearts, the king felt as if one had been taken hostage.
'I can't believe I had seen her,'
This was spoken by an orca guard. The king felt curious. Who exactly was this shark-kin female that she would make his guards twitter in such a tone?
'Who is she?'
The King of Orcas asked?
The air around him shifted, showing his half form.
The king was half his size in this form with a slender mostly black tail with two medium white patches on each side of his lower tail fins.
His long hair was long white with strands of black, his eyes were pitch black and his features though ugly, was still attractive with the crown, gills along his weak upper mid-drift, fins along the length of his elbow joints, and the crown resting on his small head. (upper human half, fish lower half)
Even though this form was not ideal, the speed was astounding and available only to those of the ruling class besides the shark-kin.
With a light flick of his tail, the king was propelled tens of meters away and with another few flicks he was out of their sight.
Soon he was close to her. He saw her beautiful underside and noticed that she had no exposed teeth proving she had never been a mother before, but he really didn't care, or any markings as he circled her as proof of her imprint mark.
Finding none, the Orca King felt extremely satisfied and therefore shifted back to his original form and approached her officially.
One sleek female shark-kin and one bulky orca king.
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The king found the memory calming, the memories of her, his pester and her rejection.
Her disappearance ends all the changes thereafter.
Now, he found her. He will never let her go.
The twin rings on his dorsal trembled. The king had thought on this plan for a long time and came up with this.
The shark-kin only mated with the serpentine and in nests, that is, after they had begun to diddle in numbers.
The females are few, and because she had no desire to imprint outside her kind, she rather stay alone.
The king grinned, baring his mouth of pearl white teeth. The servants and guards shuddered, feeling the pressure that steadily bled from him trying their hardest not to be crushed.
Their queen had left their king upon her enthronement and later was injured by the Birka eldest female who had been thought for over a century water tides to be the next orca Queen.
Of course, this had been an attack with over three hundred orcas. They had lost half of their numbers that day, with the Queen forced to trap herself within that space.
Soon after, a war had erupted between the shark-kin and orcas, causing both sides to suffer massive losses.
All because of unwillingness to accept the truth.
"My sovereign, all had been prepared in advance."
"Her location?"
"This.."
The orca king said nothing but turned and swam away.