The Trial of the Tide.

*Chapter 41: THE TRIAL OF THE TIDE*The tide pressed against the living coral of the Court.Outside, the deep currents swirled. Inside, ten thousand merfolk held their breath. Every eye was still locked on Hector, and on the silver tail coiled protectively beside Beatrice’s bare feet.The silence cracked with a laugh.Bright. Sharp. Wrong for a chamber heavy with grief.Zadar drifted forward.She moved like black silk through water. Her long, midnight tail flicked once, twice, carrying her without effort to the center of the dais. Bone beads clicked in her hair. Sea-weed robes drifted around her like smoke.She hovered in the center, between the Coral Throne and the kneeling guards, and let the current carry her voice to every ear.“Now,” she said. “Now the lost Prince is back.”She turned. Her webbed hand lifted. One long, black-nailed finger pointed straight at Hector.“This merman here,” Zadar announced, smile curling. “Is the lost Prince. Prince XRana.”A shiver moved through the

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Blood For Blood.

*Chapter 42: BLOOD FOR BLOOD*The Moon Arena was a perfect circle of bleached bone-coral.Above, the surface shone like molten silver. Moonlight cut through the water in cold shafts and turned the arena floor to glass.merfolks ringed the spiral tiers. No one sang. No one spoke. Even the currents held still.At the center, two figures waited.King Dave hovered at the eastern point. Black tail. Bare chest scored with old wars. His royal trident thrummed in his grip. He looked every part the tyrant the ballads warned of.Across from him, Hector held the western point. Silver tail. Royal runes glowing faint along his spine and shoulders. His trident was plain reef-coral, but the tide bent toward it.Between them, Zadar drifted. Smiling.Before the first horn could sound, a shadow cut through the water.Dove.Royal guard. Young. Broad through the shoulders. His tail was storm-blue, and his eyes were the same blue as the deep sea. He came to a stop at King Dave’s flank, trident leveled.“I

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A NEW BEGINNING.

*Chapter 43: A NEW BEGINNING*Dawn broke over the reef in silence.No war-horns. No tide-drums. No guards dragging kin to the Moon Arena. For the first time in a generation, the current itself seemed to settle.The Coral Throne sat empty at the heart of the Tide-Court. It had not been empty since King Dave claimed it. Today, it would be filled differently.Hector stood before it. His argent tail shimmered beneath the glass-dome of the court. The royal sigils along his spine glowed steady, silver against his skin. He wore no battle harness. Only a sash of deepwater blue and pearl-white, the colors of tide and sky.Beside him hovered Beatrice. Her caudal fin was midnight-ocean. A circlet of reef-pearl and shell rested in her dark curls, waiting.The Tide-Court was full. Every elder of the shoals. Every family from the outer reefs. Simy stood at the fore with the new guard, his shoulders squared. Even Zadar was there, near the back watching.Hector lifted his chin. His voice carri

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The Trial of the Tide.

Blood For Blood.

A NEW BEGINNING.