MARILYN Getting close to her, I grabbed one of the plates on the trolley and smacked it on her face. I made sure to smear the dish on her face. Once I got satisfied with my handiwork on her face, I stood beside her watching her with a taunting smile on my face. She seemed too startled to react at first, but then, she was quick to overcome her shock. She wiped the sauce off her face and glared at me long and hard. "What the heck did you just do, you useless mermaid from nowhere," she glowered. Her eye colour changed for a moment and I quickly took a defensive stance. "You idiot," she snarled and charged towards me. Knowing that she had an upper hand against me since mermaids were calm in nature and hardly engaged in acts of violence, I knew she might probably tear me into pieces. In the heat of the moment I roughly pushed the trolley towards her, before she could even notice the trolley heading in her direction, it was already too late. She miserably crashed into the trolley a

MARILYN Knowing that Balin might get upset if I let Aylin into his room without letting him know, I led Aylin to the room he called mine. Getting in there, I shut the door and turned to Aylin who was suddenly quiet and was staring at me. "Have a seat," I said and gestured for her to sit on the bed, but she declined and made me sit instead. I stared at her wondering what was wrong, she had been so outspoken at the main hall just now, I couldn't understand why she was suddenly quiet. "Are you okay?" I asked and she bobbed her head. "If you need anything, feel free to tell me, I'll quickly go get it for you," she said and bowed her head. "You don't have to treat me like this merely because I brought you out of the water cage. I want us to be friends," I said and approached her, but she took a step back before I could reach her, making me halt my movement. "We are not of the same status. I dare not become friends with you," she bowed her head. "Okay this is getting weird," I though

MARILYN "Escort me to the punishment ground. You will be the one to decide how the offenders will be punished," Balin said and my eyes widened in surprise."Who are we going to punish?"I asked.He stared at me."Did she lose her memory?" I heard him wonder."I can hear your thoughts." I smiled and he smiled back at me.The jerkface guy cleared his throat making me look away from Balin. I glared at him and he glowered at me."This guy didn't seem to like me," I thought.My thoughts made Balin glare at him. They had some secret communication I couldn't hear even though I was there."What did Balin call it again?" I wondered."Mind link," he said."Oh, yeah," I nodded.Whatever conversation they had, made the guy leave the room. But before he shut the door, he gave me an irritated look, as if asking me to leave Balin alone.It's official, I wasn't going to have a moment of peace here. Everyone seemed to be against me."Let's leave," Balin said and took my hands, helping me rise from the

ALICIAThe other members of the pack had chosen to keep me and the butler safe. Since the both of us work right inside the Alpha’s mansion, they decided that they will bear whatever punishment the Alpha gives them alone. And in return, I and the butler had to report everything about the mermaid to her. No pack has ever had another breed as their Luna and the Bold Bite Pack wasn't going to be the first. The Alpha’s punishment almost didn't have any effect on them as they were currently being healed by their mermaids. That mermaid’s decision to let them go further fueled their urge to reject her. "Does she think they will suddenly accept her if she lets them go free?" I thought and scoffed. That one act of hers shows weakness. And the pack members weren't ready to have a weak creature as their LunaI smiled happily as I recalled my conversation with one of the pack elders. He had assured me that there was no better candidate to be the Alpha’s Luna other than me.“That classless mermaid

ALICIA I left the mansion dressed in black pants and a dark hoodie, I had a backpack over my back. The Alpha and his mate were nowhere to be seen, so I took the opportunity to set out to look for Ophelia. I had one place in mind, the witches' forest. To everyone in the pack, the forest at the end of the pack was merely an ordinary forest, but to me and all those who are power hungry, it was the abode of witches. The witches' forest was the source of all the witches' powers. Even the least powerful which visits the forest in order to survive. I doubted Ophelia won't be there. Knowing that she was a really old witch, there is no place more suitable for her than the witches' Forest. Over the years, witches who lived past two hundred years all survived because they frequently visited the forest, some even made it their home. I parked my car at the public parking lot and casually strutted down the road to avoid suspicion. Getting to the entrance of the forest which is usually isolated due