Zeidan's funeral was, very public as you'd imagine. My son. My son was shattered. I honestly couldn't care less and tried my hardest to shed a tear for show, but I couldn't even bring myself to do that. For the first time I was grateful that I wasn't allowed to speak under Zeidan's command, so I damn right didn't speak at his funeral.

I needed to go and speak to Poseidon.

"Hey" I whispered, as I peeked my head into my son's bedroom.
"What do you want?" he whimpered. Dang.
"To come and congratulate you on becoming King Poseidon" I replied sarcastically as I came to sit next to him on his bed.
"What do you mean 'I'm a prisoner in my own kingdom' Mum?" he questioned, desperately trying to connect with all he had left.

So I told him. I told him the whole story. Not the killing part though. I'm taking that shit to the grave.

"I understand if you want to leave Mum" he said, bringing me in for a hug. Honestly, it felt good. I never realised that someone loved me that much for once in my life. It was my turn to love him.
"I would never leave you son. You don't deserve that" I replied, ruffling his bushy hair.
"I need to create peace with the Aquaoras Mum. So that we can all live together" he stated, lifting his head high. Now this is a leader.

"My first law as King will be to ban dark magic for good. We need to learn a thing or two from the Aquaora's and value kindness in this society. My mother and I will be working on our new society, together" Poseidon proclaimed the week after to the people.
"I am very excited for the positive impact this will have on all mermaids and mermen" I declared as the crowd gasped in disbelief that I had actually spoken for the first time.

Peace uncertain coming slow
Soon the people will now know
Unity is what we need
Where no man or woman has to bleed
And even though it will be tough
Exploring textures soft and rough
I will repeat this song one day
When all the evil does decay

Now the real work would begin.