My Second Life

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"I don't know why you're here", Daymon says, his voice as smooth and deep as silk. "But I am one of the soldiers that was fighting with his magesty when we were ambused. I was captured and taken here, I think we took a pretty good beating", he looks down at his chest and I see deep gashes all across him. "I believe I've been here for possibly three days, but it's kinda hard to tell", Daymon laughs at his joke and looks around the cave.

"So why are you here?", Daymon questions, then laughs. "A beautiful girl like you probably shouldn't be wandering around in caves", he chuckles but I can tell he meant what he said.

"Just so you know", I say with a smirk. "I'm the princess of the merpeople, and my dad is 'his majesty' that you fought beside before you came here", I start to laugh.

Daymon's mouth is open and in shock, "I am so sorry princess, I didn't mean to offend you, my sincere appologies", he says quietly while looking down.

"It's fine, I'm messing with you, you know. I'd rather you not treat me like I'm royalty, actually", I reply.

Daymon looks up and smiles, his strait white teeth transparent against the darkness of the cave. "Does that mean I can call you Malerie? And we can also be friends? Instead of the whole 'I know that one peseant guy, but I don't acknowledge those people because I'm royalty". He laughs at the face I make.

"Well sure, you can call me Malorie, or Mal if that's better for you. And I would never call my people peseants, just so you know. But yeah, we can be friends", I say with a smile, looking away from Daymon and examining the cave.

Without looking at him I ask, "How long was I out for?".

"I think about and hour or so, why?", Daymon raises an eyebrow.

An hour. Oh no. No. No. No. I start to remember about my limitations here. I only have about an hour or less before I turn back into a human. I didn't think about it until now, but I had pins and needles in my tail, I start to wiggle and sway, flexing the irratated muscles. I need to get out of here. Now.

Daymon obviously notices, "What are you doing?".

I explained my half human, half mermaid situation to him while pulling and tugging on my chains around my wrists.