Zuma emerge from the water with the deceased body of lady Avyanna. Ready to bolt from there to the castle with her deceased body, he heard sounds of growls and gunshots coming from the forest.
if it was to be another person, they might not hear it. but he could hear it loud and clear. his eyebrows furrowed.
Nevertheless, he looked for where to put lady Avyanna body. he place her cold body on top a large smooth and round rock close to the shore.
Her body had turn freezing cold. he was 100% sure if he had left her longer in the icy cold sea water, she would have freeze into ice. He tried removing water from her body, but he saw that there was no water coming out from her nose or mouth. even after her dead body stayed in the water for a long time.
Looking up to the sky. he saw it was past midnight. he wonder what kept the prince from coming after the woman he loved. he had told him to go along with lady Avyanna, that he would join them with another ship later that night. but he never come.
He turned to look at the dead body besides him. Even in her death she was still beautiful. it was like she was in a deep sleep, he thought to himself.
Her face, lip and body had turned more paler. Tho, he was a creature who used to belong to another world and before he was sent to land. he still had emotion. right now he felt really bad for her, she had an unlucky fate.
He remember when the prince had taken interest in her and had ask him to find more about her.she was a lovely woman, maybe the most lovely human he had come across.
He had always kept her from trouble and from prying eyes of others, without her knowledge.
The only reason he had not help her out back than, was because Queen Atargatis had strictly warned him before he left the sea to land. that if any devastating situation happens in the future and he happened to be there. he should not do anything that might cause change in the future. that a single touch would cause a butterfly effect on the future.
Making the queen lock some of his magic.
He knows that Queen knew all this would come to happened one day as she was someone who could foreseen the future.
Still hearing sounds coming from the forest, he wonder what it may be. he decided to go check. not taken lady Avyanna body along with him, because he doesn't want to cause more damage to her body. at least she was safe here.
He was someone who only serve his master the prince, he doesn't like interfering in other matter that was not assigned to him
Slowly moving into the forest and also thinking of what to tell the prince In case he meets him on his way.
He was rest assured that the prince child was safe under water right now. but what if the child couldn't survive the cold temperature of the sea water before they she could reach the queen of the sea. that thought never came to his mind when he handed the baby over to the other two mermaid.
His magic weren't that strong to keep the child from cold. it could help her breath under water but from the cold, he wasn't sure.
Why does it sound quite all of a sudden, Zuma thought to himself. the rain had withdraw itself from falling, as if it has completed it mission.
Zuma frown on seeing the piles of dead bodies around. some were werewolf, while some were vampire. but they didn't looks like normal werewolf and vampires. they look like rouge one's. What happened here?. he thought to himself.
Zuma stood there froze on his spot at the next scene presented before him. his non-existence eye wide in shock.
"S- son- I- I'm - lea-ving the em-pire to y-your ha-nds, I believe you are capable of ruling it." came the shaky and weak word from the great King of ark Villa empire.
King Douglas Hart was brutally injured. blood was oozing out from his chest and stomach.
It was as if a large sharp claw was ran over his chest down to his stomach.
Prince Aziza only nodded at his father word. his face serious showing no emotions. he wonder if the prince was to hear about his lover death, if his face would still be like that or would go besresk.
Prince Aziza was on his knees. his arm supporting his dieing father back. his dark red eye darkened. he could feel his heart race that his father was going to die and so was his mother. Prince Aziza loves his parent dearly . especially his mother.
Queen Brigtte just kneed close to her husband.she was still in shock and tears were falling down like pearls from her eyes. she opened her mouth to talk but no word came out. her lip and mouth we're trembling.
Turning to his lovely wife, king Hart raised his hand to touch her beautiful face. "See you soon." these were the last word of the King.
His hand fall From her face, but before it could fall to the ground, Queen Brigtte caught hold of it. placing her own hand inside his to interlink both of them hands.
His heart had stop beating. King Hart was a pure blooded vampire King. his appearance show a man who is in his late 40s, but he was far older than that. he had lived for more than a century and had ruled ark Villa empire for more than 50years.
A lot has happened the Hart royal family in one night, Zuma thought to himself with a sigh. turning his head from left to right he saw a dead body that was brutally beaten to a state where the person face and body was disfigured. he wonder who it could be.
He saw dead bodies of some royal guard, while some who were deeply wounded were leaning their back on the bark of a tree.
What Happened here, he thought to himself again. of course no one could see or hear him. it was only the prince who could see him.
Queen Brigtte didn't shed much tears because she will soon follow her husband, because of the soul bond they shared.
Soul bond is an invisible thread that links two people together beyond the confines of space and time. each one of them would be able to feel each other emotions. it is bonding your soul to the person you love.
it's usually not practice because of the pro and cons it has. if one partner dies the other would follow suit in a span of hours, days or weeks.
She was worried, worried for her son. who was showing no emotions right now. she knows how much he loves her and her husband. she knows he was breaking down inside his heart.
He knew she was going to die in the few hours coming. nobody had thought that something so horrible would happen tonight.
"if only", her husband had let their son go after the woman he loved, if only she thought.
She could only hope that the woman he loved would help him smooth the pain of lost.
She turned and face her son, her one and only child that she loved so dearly. he gave her a smile that didn't reach his eyes.
Many part of her felt lost. it was has if she couldn't hold on again, like the only thing keeping her Alive was taken away from her. she felt like her heart was been pulled out from her chest.
she returned her son smile with a small smile on her lip. she could see in his eyes that he was lost. he was holding back his emotions.
She had raised a strong son, who will soon be crown king of their Empire.
Two of the sat down close to the deceased body. making no effort to move. she brought her hand forward to close the eyes of the late king.
Zuma decided to give them the space they needed. few hours from now, people from the council would be here to investigate what happened here in the forest and at the sea.
This was too much for the prince, lossing his parent and the woman he loved.
Going back to Lady Avyanna body. he notices there was no smell coming from her body. the midwife wasn't able to fix her before she died and the ship crumbled. she still look beautiful,they was no sign of decay. it was just only her skin that looks paler, every other thing looks fine and okay, except from her unbeaten heart.
He just brushed it off, thinking it was the cold water keeping her preserve.
He shadow lurk around thinking on how to break the news to the prince, he knows the prince would not take it likely.
Back under the sea beyond human knowledge , stood a big beautiful castle standing tall and firm.