A Baby For Billionaire Knox

THEME: A wish

FLASHBACK

IN THE MERWORLD

ROYAL GRAND BALL ROOM

The room was full of spectators, noblemen, royal families, sea leaders, travelers from other kingdoms and sea and citizens of Merivilla kingdom. They watched Maeve and her maids performing as they entertained everyone with music and dance.

I am a bold mermaid,

Singing under the sea,

With a crown of gold on my head.

I would sing the whole day,

I would fill the sea halls with voice of power,

And I would roam abroad and play,

With the mermaids in and out of the rocks.

They all clapped when the performance ended. Titan Oceanus stood up from his throne and swims to the centre of the room.

“Noblemen and citizens of Merivilla Kingdom, today is my daughter’s eighteenth birthday. And we are all gathered here to celebrate our princess of great Merivilla kingdom! A special mermaid born with extraordinary powers granted by the sea. She is Adella, the daughter of the sea, one who praises the sea with powerful spell songs one could hardly interpret. As you all know, every eighteenth birthday of any mermaid and merman in Merivilla kingdom, the celebrant is given a chance to make a wish.”

The citizens of Merivilla kingdom all hummed responses to what Titan Oceanus just said.

“So I bring to you, Princess Adella of Merillia kingdom.” He said and began to clap.

Adella swims to the centre of the room and she hugged her father before he returned back to his throne.

“Thank you.” Adella said and the clapping ended abruptly.

“I am happy to see you all and my deepest gratitude goes out to you for honoring my invitations. It is time to make my wish but I would like to sing a song before making a wish.” She looked back at her father for permission.

And he said. “Go on, Adella! It’s your day!.”

“Thank you father.” She bowed.

Her maids or other music band didn’t join her to sing because she wanted to connect to the sea in the strongest way and only few would understand and be able to interpret the words in the spell song even though she would sing in a general merlanguage.

Princess Adella began to sing.

Oh great sea

A cheerful and mysterious deity

Nothing of him that doth fadeProperty belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

So rich and strange

I would kiss you often under the sea

I would kiss you again under the hollow hung ocean green

Soft are the moss bed under the sea

We would live merrily.

Oh Great Sea

Today is my day

So grant my wish

I am a fair mermaid

Singing alone under the sea

In a golden curl

With a starry sea bud crown on my head

I would kiss you again if you grant my wish

Oh great sea.

Adella connected with the sea and she sensed it wasn’t happy with the wish on her mind. Then she felt the shock of wave of power in the sea.

“Why do you want to leave?”

She heard it clearly in her mind, it was from the sea as the wave grew higher. They all felt the power radiating around the sea, the air shimmered with the force of the sea.

Then Adella began to sing to calm it.

You are like a fountain of gold

Springing with a shrill inner sound

So rich and strange

Oh! What a cheerful deity!

And it calmed, Adella reopened her eyes slowly. It was time to make her wish. Today she was going to betray her own people and the entire Merworld. They would surely hate her for her wish, they would turn against her and say bad things about her. But she was ready to take it all as long as the sea grants her wish.

The calmness of the sea after the connection signified that it would grant her wish no matter the sacrifice or atonement to reverse the wish. The Merivilla sea saw her pains and agreed to her wish.

“I, princess Adella of Merivilla kingdom wants to make a wish which would surely be granted by the sea.” She paused.

Adella turned and looked at her father, mother, ten brothers and their wives. “I am sorry father and mother, please forgive me.” She said to herself and bowed to them.

“Go ahead Adella!” Her family cheered her.

“My wish is to -” She stopped.

Adella swallowed hard to get the important words pass the lump that formed in her throat.

“Say it, Adella.” Oceanus said with a smile on his face.

Adella nodded and closed her eyes and raised her hands up. “Oh great sea grant my wish.” She chanted three times.

She was surprised at the tightness in her throat. “My wish is to leave the merworld to experience human life.” She said finally.

They all gasped in shock, some covered their mouths, some jumped to their feet, some tensed up and some covered their faces with their hands.

“What?!”

“Unbelievable!”

“Is she really the princess?”

“Is she truly the special mermaid?” Many handful comments came from those present.

Soon Adella felt someone shaking her and she opened her eyes. Alana, her mother was there in front of her.

“Are you okay Adella?” Queen Alana asked.

Adella shook her head. “Yes mother.” She answered in a tight whisper.

There was general commotion in the room. “Silence!” One of princes barked and the room was silent.

“Are you serious about your wish?” Queen Alana asked.

“Yes mother.” Adella replied boldly.

Queen Alana was shocked. “Take it back!” She ordered.

“No mother.” Adella grounded out.

Fury crashed over Alana as she raised her hand. “I said take it back!” She slapped Adella.

Tears streamed down her cheeks. “No.. I am not taking it back! That’s my wish! I want to leave this world!” Adella screamed back at her mother.

They murmured among themselves with disappointment on their faces.