After spending days in the place that Naila provided for her. She has no desire to go back to the castle as staying in that underwater cave felt cozier than her room where she felt nothing but like a prisoner.
After she settled there, the next day, she swam out to the surface. She returned to her usual routine of watching the humans by the beach and collecting things they dropped in the water.
One day, she watched a family on a picnic by the beach. She watched how the mother lovingly applied some white cream all over her children’s skin. The father happily played with the children in the shallow water. He carried the smallest child on his shoulder while the bigger child ran around squealing and laughing.
Watching them, Immerline felt a pang of jealousy again. She wanted that kind of f
