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My expression changed drastically.
“You searched my chambers?!”
Finn burst into laughter, laughing so hard tears squeezed from his eyes.
tele
He suddenly lunged at me, his powerful tail sending me flying.
I crashed into a coral forest, coughing up blood.
The next moment, Finn grabbed my collar and sank his teeth into my neck.
I could clearly feel my blood flowing into Finn’s mouth.
My lips turned pale. Finn released me, the blood seeming to have calmed his agitated mood.
Finn reverted to his cultured, refined demeanor.
“As expected of a princess. Even your
blood tastes sweet.”
Finn kept me confined in the palace, torturing me daily when he felt like it, drinking my blood when he was bored. The days passed monotonously.
My attitude seemed to provoke Finn.
A month later, he dragged me to the Deep Reef, sneering as he brought his face close to mine.
“Princess, why don’t I throw you in? If you’re lucky enough to survive, I won’t torture you anymore. How about it?”
I looked towards the Deep Reef, my expression changing dramatically. I was terrified.
Finn was satisfied seeing my reaction. He finally smiled.
I clutched Finn’s arm tightly. He pried my fingers off one by one.
As Finn watched with smug satisfaction, I fell in!
Thank you for showing me where the Deep Reef is located.
The moment I obtained the Mermaid Pearl, an eerie voice echoed in my mind:
“The Mermaid Pearl was formed from the First Merfolk King. It has the power to reshape time and space.
Simply smear blood on the pearl and take your own life. You will return to whatever point in time you wish.”
When Willow killed me before, my blood must have gotten on the pearl. My blood contained traces of Hawk’s essence, which is why Hawk and
I were both reborn.
The Mermaid Pearl also has absolute suppressive power over the Merfolk.
What a fool Willow was! After obtaining such a powerful sacred treasure, she didn’t think to dominate the Merfolk. All she could think of was killing me, then killing herself.
To think I was killed by such an idiot in my past life. How utterly humiliating!
There was just one thing that puzzled me. Why didn’t the Eagle and Merfolk clans keep such important clan treasures in the hands of their own rulers?
I put away the Mermaid Pearl and spent three days crawling out of the Deep Reef.
8:17 PM
By the time I returned to the Merfolk palace, I looked like I’d been through a hurricane.
Finn seemed surprised to see me.
s expected of the Princess. You actually survived!”
I pushed my hair back from my forehead and smiled.
“Indeed. I’m exhausted though. Your Highness, my feet hurt!”
Hearing this, Finn’s face immediately darkened.
“How about I cut off those troublesome
feet for you, Princess?”
I pointed at Finn’s hands.
“Your Highness, could you massage them for me?”
ky Finn appeared before me and grabbed my throat.
In the blink of an eye,
“Do you want to die?!”
Finn’s expression grew worse and worse. Within moments, he was writhing on the ground like a cooked shrimp.
“You bitch! When did you take my heart scale?!”
lightly kicked him.
“Is it possible that the heart scale you retrieved was fake, and the real one has been in my possession all along?”
Finn was in so much pain he was drenched in sweat. His eyes filled with confusion and fury.
“if I didn’t let you gloat a bit, how would you dare throw me into the Deep Reef?”
The trip to the Deep Reef had truly exhausted me. I had planned to rest for a few days before returning to confront my
But before I could go, news came of Father’s death!
dear father.
By the time I returned to the palace, white mourning banners were already hung. Willow knelt before Father’s casket in plain white clothes, weeping inconsolably.
When she saw me, Willow acted uncharacteristically affectionate, clutching my sleeve as she poured out her grief over Father’s passing.
Besides Willow and me, Father had only one son, Brandon.
Seeing my lack of sorrow, and Willow’s heart–wrenching display of grief, Brandon’s anger boiled over.
