People don't often believe that mermaids and mermen exist, well they do... At the depth of the Zuik River exist a kingdom named ZOE Zoe is a marine kingdom, where mermaids and mermen reside, ruled by the mighty king Dylan. King Dylan is married to queen Sierra She bore him the beautiful princesses, popularly called THE CHARMING J's Princess JoJo, the first princess Princess Judith, the second princess Princess Judy, the last and youngest amongst them They were considered the most beautiful mermaids in the kingdom. But despite this fact, princess Judy the youngest was said to be the prettiest among them, making her the centre of attraction. Her beauty was breathtaking and she was endowed in every physical aspect, talk about her body fitness, height also her intelligence. Another thing that added to her beauty was her tiny melodious voice, which is capable of healing, she also has magical power Princess JoJo dislikes this fact and has been seeking ways to ruin Judy and make her leave the kingdom forever Luck smiles at her when the kingdom's festival was announced and to her dismay, Judy was chosen to perform at the festival which will make her more famous because other kingdoms will visit. She plans to disgrace her and ruin her image before everyone present, She had everything planned out and succeeded in sabotaging her. Judy was banished from Zoe's kingdom and every other marine kingdom in the most shameful way ever Judy left the Zuik River and headed to the human world Fate led her to Mantle musical school where her story continues At Mantle, Judy made friends and foes And also found a mate People don't often believe that mermaids and mermen exist, well they do... At the depth of the Zuik River exist a kingdom named ZOE Zoe is a marine kingdom, where mermaids and mermen reside, ruled by the mighty king Dylan. King Dylan is married to queen Sierra She bore him the beautiful princesses, popularly called THE CHARMING J's Princess JoJo, the first princess Princess Judith, the second princess Princess Judy, the last and youngest amongst them They were considered the most beautiful mermaids in the kingdom. But despite this fact, princess Judy the youngest was said to be the prettiest among them, making her the centre of attraction. Her beauty was breathtaking and she was endowed in every physical aspect, talk about her body fitness, height also her intelligence. Another thing that added to her beauty was her tiny melodious voice, which is capable of healing, she also has magical power Princess JoJo dislikes this fact and has been seeking ways to ruin Judy and make her leave the kingdom forever Luck smiles at her when the kingdom's festival was announced and to her dismay, Judy was chosen to perform at the festival which will make her more famous because other kingdoms will visit. She plans to disgrace her and ruin her image before everyone present, She had everything planned out and succeeded in sabotaging her. Judy was banished from Zoe's kingdom and every other marine kingdom in the most shameful way ever Judy left the Zuik River and headed to the human world Fate led her to Mantle musical school where her story continues At Mantle, Judy made friends and foes And also found a mate She came to realise that she was mated to a HUMAN . . . How will Judy's human mate react when he finds out who Judy really is?? Is that really the end of her life in Zoe's kingdom? What will happen when Judy finds out she is MATED to a HUMAN? Will the humans find out her real nature? If yes… What happens when the human discovers she's a mermaid? . . FIND OUT MORE IN THE STORY . . .........

Chapter 1 THE MERMAID's HUMAN MATE

ZOE PALACE, ZUIK RIVER

"Long live the king, "the palace guards said in unison and everyone bowed as king Dylan swam into the palace majestically in his usual stern appearance

The waves of the water stopped, the wind ceased, the fishes stopped moving, and the sea shell halted their movement as they all paid homage to the king.

The moment he swam in, the palace's bright shiny red light came on and the palace became even more beautiful

He's holding his sceptre, wearing a golden amulet and his golden crown is sitting regally on his head

Everyone maintained their bowing position till he took his sit beside his queen .... sierra

The king's officials are all present and the son of great people in the kingdom which includes Richard ... the son of the closest man to the king

The princesses Entered and all the males present at the gathering turned their attention to them, it's actually a hard task to not stare at them anytime they are sighted, they are enchanting

Richard was disappointed when he didn't see Judy, only JoJo and Judith came

"Where is Judy?" queen Sierra asked when the two took their seat beside her

"She left the palace a while ago" Judith replied her mum

"How could she not be in the palace when the king specially called everyone, which means this gathering is important," Brett said worrying

Brett is the closest man to the king, therefore he's Richard's father

"She's probably out in the city performing her useless magic again" JoJo stated hatefully

"Stop hating her for nothing JoJo" Judith defended

"Who said I hate her? am just saying my mind" JoJo snapped

"That's enough!!"Dylan cautioned and they both bowed as short turbulence happened in the water, the young fishes ran into hiding

"We can still go on without her, tell me the news about the preparation," he asked staring keenly at brett

Brett stood.

"It's all set like you ordered your highness, the festival is ready to kick off," brett said

"When?"king Dylan asked

"Tomorrow, your highness" Brett replied bowing

"I can't wait!

Gosh, tomorrow should please come fast!!

Who do you think will sing?!!

I guess it's princess Judith!

No, she sang last year Already!!

It should be princess JoJo this year!!

I want it to be princess Judy!!"

People kept murmuring

Jojo held her breath and Richard smiled, knowing the chosen one already.

"It's up to you to choose the princess that Will sing so that'll finalise the preparations your highness"Brett bowed

"Judy is singing, "Dylan said and JoJo stand up shaking her tail in anger

"Your highness, Judy sang last three years, she sang last two years too, Judith sang last year, I wanna sing this year too, why can't I sing?, aren't I a princess too?, stop treating me like an outcast, I don't like it" she yelled and Dylan folded his fist angrily

JoJo's voice ceased immediately, she tried to speak again but she couldn't.

"Jojo" Queen sierra called worriedly rushing to her

"Her voice won't be back till after four hours, no one dares to defy me, even if you are my flesh and blood!!, I'm still DYLAN, the one and only ruler of ZOE!!! my words are final, Judy is singing" he said and great turbulence happened as she swam out of the palace angrily

Everyone had to hide behind the wave, it took close to five minutes before the water calmed

"Why would you yell at your father like that? are you out of your mind? have you forgotten he is the king? just be grateful you are his daughter otherwise it would have been another story, and now your voice is gone"queen Sierra rebuked

Jojo left the palace angrily too without showing any form of remorse.

"She'll never change, "Judith said before walking Away

Richard left the palace too and sneaked into the princess's chamber, he peeped at JoJo's room through the window she was busy breaking all the treasures in her room in anger

"So pathetic," he said and she stopped to look back at him

She started going closer to him

"I must confess that it is so great to see the almighty JoJo break her room treasures because of jealousy, that's nice" he mocked and immediately she got to him she hold his face and tried to kiss him but he pushed away

"What the heck, I can never be for you Jojo, try loving Judy as a sister, then I'll consider being friends with you," he said and swam away

"Judy this is all because of you!!"Jojo kept saying as she broke more treasures

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In another part of the river, mermaids and mermen gathered around a figure, forming a circle

A soothing tune is playing and the water waves are carrying it everywhere as it is played

A tiny voice is singing aloud

The closer they moved the clearer the figure became, the backside of a girl came to view and her long hair reached her waist as she sat, she was the one playing the violin, singing along

Take me to the land of ecstasy

Take me!,take me!!,take me!!! .....

Ecstasy, ecstasy ec-stacy!!!

Take my hands!!

My hands... take my hands!!

My heart and soul ......

My soul my soul my heart.....

My heart and soul will follow you!!!

Her face finally came to view when she stopped singing

"Princess Judy please marry me!!

She's too beautiful!!

Oh my, I love her voice!