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I used my own blood to revive Lily.
I started conserving my strength, planning our
escape back to the ocean.
I had fought with my parents because I
yearned to see the human world.
Then I was captured and sold at auction.
Now I understood why they had forbidden me‘
from coming ashore.
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Sarah and Jason returned, accompanied by
several burly men.
Jason’s eyes were as cold as ever.
“You can do whatever you want with the older
one.”
“Make sure to impregnate her. We need to
know if she can consistently produce
mermaid offspring.”
My ears rang. It felt like a swarm of bees
attacking my eardrums.
Jason was letting these men touch me.
“Don’t touch my mommy!”
Lily clung to me
Lily clung to me.
“Daddy, don’t you remember? You said
Mommy was the one you loved most.”
“You can’t do this to her.”
“Mommy even gave you her lifeblood!”
Lily was right. A mermaid’s lifeblood grants.
humans immortality.
I had secretly given mine to Jason.
For a moment, a flicker of emotion crossed
Jason’s face.
“What…?”
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Sarah interrupted. “Enough! Let’s not waste
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any more time.”
The men advanced towards me.
The pain in my chest was suffocating.
I looked at Jason.
“Jason, you’ll regret this.”
As the men lunged, I pushed Lily away.
Their disgusting stench filled my nostrils.
Their leering faces invaded my vision.
Lily pleaded with Jason from the other tank.
“Daddy, I can feel that you love Mommy! If
you don’t save her, you’ll regret it!”
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“Don’t let them touch her! Please!”
But Jason simply said, “I never loved her.”
Never?
Lily was taken away and placed in a separate
tank.
I endured wave after wave of assault.
It didn’t matter, as long as Lily was safe.
Tears blurred my vision, and the pain between
my legs was excruciating.
I remembered the day Jason bought me for
thirty million dollars.
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I was trapped in a cage, surrounded by
bidders.
I was terrified because I could sense the
darkness in their hearts.
If they bought me, they would destroy me.
Only Jason’s heart felt pure.
He had said, “Don’t worry. I’ll take you away,
no matter the cost.”
That’s when I fell for him.
Now, I hated him with every fiber of my being.
I don’t know how long the torment lasted.
Then a sharp pain ripped through my
Г
One of the men cried out, “There’s a baby
coming out of her!”
Jason’s face paled. He scrambled over and
stared in horror at the small, still form floating
in the bloody water.
