Prey

Chapter Sixteen: Truer Hearts.

The Princess' Bedroom.
September 27th, 2023.
10:11 am.

     I tucked the book away in a safe place, leaving it for when I have time to read it. Now, I have been trying to go to sleep for hours but it just wouldn't come. So instead of dreaming, I stayed up all night and looked at the surface, watching the moon's rays through the ocean waves. It was calming, and I managed through the night with calm serenity.

Monsieur Vonn Pêcheur's words continued to travel through my mind as I thought more and more about the book and how I'm supposedly the 'Serenity Siren' that I have yet to hear of. He seemed to know what he spoke, which only riled more questions that will probably go unanswered.

I huffed out a sigh, gathering my wits only to throw them away when someone I haven't seen for a while bursts through my door with wild enthusiasm.

"And look! The beauty is already awake. Such a punctual mer.." Kamara playfully tosses her hand over her heart.

Her blonde hair is elegantly styled in a warrior way; her hair was out of her face and the locks were positioned behind her, allowing the sparkling hyme and bolice to boldly stand out against her creamy skin. The dull pink of her tail flares with her fins as she gracefully swims.

Kamara barges through the doorway, sending me a wink before turning around and smiling widely at Larose. "Kamara quit stalling and go to work. Pandora isn't going to look like a siren by herself, now is she?" Larose scowls, barely managing to control the hyperactive mermaid.

Larose wears her hyme and bolice, as well as her têtice, with complete confidence. She lights up the room with her sapphires and diamonds, flaunting her blue scales along her body and all the way down to her tail. The men's hair was elegantly braided behind her, exposing her shoulders and chest.

Kamara rolls her eyes at Larose as I notice Tallese swim in suddenly. Our talk from yesterday is still fresh in my mind, but I could only focus on one thing at a time. Just like the other two in the room, Tallese was extravagant in her jewels and chain. The beauty she emitted was by far the most unique I have seen in any mer so far.

"Au contraire, my fil. Pandora is already a beautiful Siren," Tallese remarks, sitting down in a chair near the mirror. Her smile was wide, hiding a secret, but what that secret was, she'll never tell. Kamara's eyes brighten. "We're only here to enhance her beauty," the blonde mer slides next to me on the bed and taps my nose.

"Beauty tips, right?" Kamara giggles, winking at me.

I finally smile myself, nodding. Kamara gives me a beautiful smile and laughs a little when Larose sits down on the bed on the other side of me. I turn to her with a small smile.

"What shall we do with her hair, hm?" Larose asks, grabbing my head and facing me towards the door that is now closed. She fumbles with the locks, twisting them and playing around.

Tallese leans over the chair, her tail now whipping back and forth. "Have it up. She'll look gorgeous with the hair bound up with a comb. Kamara, do you still have that gold one?" Tallese eyes brighten while she directs the girls how to style my hair.

I see Kamara's eyes widen. She gasps happily, replying with, "Yes, I do! Let me fetch it.."

Within a blink of an eye, Kamara was gone and what was left in her place were a few bubbles. Startled, I breathe for a moment, then blew out a sigh I didn't realize I was holding. Larose continued styling my hair, trying to put it up perfectly.