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Then he burst out laughing.
The sound rolled through the water, deep and brutal. It bounced off the coral walls and came back doubled. His guards shifted uncomfortably, fins twitching, but none dared join in. Laughter from them would be death.
Bale’s face went pale with shame, his tail lashing against the sand, stirring up clouds that couldn’t hide him. He was forty, the son of an elder, kneeling in his own filth before a boy-king.
The laughter stopped as suddenly as it started. The king’s face went cold. His eyes were flat now, like deep water with no bottom.