Around the clock, guards watched every single move the humans made. We had this set up for a month, trying to get everything ready for a fight. It pained me that we would fight my people, including many of our families that don't know.
During this time, I've gotten to know my mother, and I couldn't be happier. She and Adella have been teaching me about our culture under the sea. I even heard a few stories from when my mother lived with my father while she was pregnant with me. Apparently, her pregnancy was troubling not long before I was born, which is why she was put on bed rest for the remainder of the pregnancy.
My father had a hard time with this because it meant he couldn't screw her anymore, but he enjoyed feeling my kicks. She even told me of something he said when I kicked, "That was a strong one," he told my mother, "It has to be a boy to kick as hard as he did!" My mother only giggled and rubbed her belly, not daring to challenge him; she said,
"I just knew you would be a girl." She told me as we spoke, "Every firstborn child in the royal family is a girl." I smiled at the thought; if that were the case, if Hunter and I had conceived, it would be a daughter, not a son like he had hoped. But a fear washed over me as I thought, what if he killed our daughter because she wasn't a boy? When we first married, I would never have thought he would do such a thing, but after getting to the real him and finding out who his father really is, I think he just might do something like that.
As I swam around the city, I felt a slight pain in my belly. It was uncomfortable for a moment, but not terrible. One of the guards swam up to me, concerned, "Are you alright, Princess?" He asked; I nodded, but the pain grew more intensely, almost jabbing, like a knife being rammed into my gut. At first, I thought it was my time, but I began to count in my head...
I was late....
My guard and I swam back to the palace, and I hurried to find my mother. When I finally found her, she looked up from what she was doing, "Caspia?" She said, "What's the matter? You look like you've seen a ghost or something." Catching my breath, I asked,
"How did you know you were pregnant with me?" She raised a brow but began explaining,
"At first, it was a bit of pain in my belly and a sickening feeling." She tells me, "And soon that pain worsened until I could barely stand. We finally had the doctor take a look at me the next day and that's when we found out that I was pregnant." I nodded, running this information through my head, but this caught her attention, "Caspia?" She said, "Do you think you might be?" I bit my lip, fighting back a sob as I nodded. She took me into her embrace and held me as I sobbed,
"I don't know what to do...." I cried.
After a while, my mother set me down and held my hands as we spoke, "What do you want to do?" She asked,
"What do you mean?"
"We have a way to get rid of the babies, and it isn't harmful to you at all." I raised my brow at this, "We only use it if a pregnancy is risking the mother's or the child's life, but this is a special situation, so there will be an exception if you choose this." I sighed, not sure what to do,
"Should I tell Adella?" I ask, which earned me a troublesome look,
"I'm not sure, Caspia." Mother replied, "I suppose it depends on what you decide to do." I nodded as I whipped my face.
"I have a lot to think about, I suppose," I say; she nods before saying,
"I'm here, no matter what you decide to do."
"Thank you, Mother."
Adella soon found me and sat down on a rock, looking over the city, "Your mother said that you would be up here." She said; I gave her a faint smile, "I know." She said, "I can tell, Caspia." I turned to her,
"What do you mean?" I asked; Adella placed a hand on mine,
"I know that you're pregnant, Caspia." She replied. I sat there, shocked,
"H-How?"
"I'm your mate." She told me, "I know all." I giggled as she said this. Adella hugged me, "No matter what, Caspia, I love you, and if you want to keep this child, then I will raise it as my own." I kissed her,
"Thank you, Adella." I tell her, "I think I really needed to hear that." She nods,
"Take your time to think, but a decision has to be made." I nodded, looking over the city once again.
We could be a family, I thought, the baby, Adella, and me. Maybe we could have a real life...together.
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The Pirate Princess
FantasyA young pirate has been at sea her whole life. She grew up on her father's ship and knew the sea as well, if not better than her father. She is forced into marriage by her father because of a law so she can inherit her father's ship. On the night of...
