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said to tell you that she loves you.’
He watched her smile as they both pictured the image of their
lovechild. Closing their eyes, they jointly entered into a blissful
world of sleep.
    Bryley awakened to the muffled
sounds of voices emanating from the living quarters. Climbing out
of her sleeping pond she went to wake up her parents but as she
entered their sleeping chamber, she found them gone. Realising the
voices were those of her parents speaking with someone else, she
sneaked through the connecting tunnel to spy upon the living
quarters.
    ‘But sire, the baby will be eaten
for sure!’ a distressed male voice pleaded.
    ‘We cannot breach the barrier of
our city for every whale that is attacked.’ Her father’s stern
voice was slowly getting louder. ‘It is the nature of the sea for
sharks to devour other sea creatures. Why should we interfere on
account of one incident?’
    ‘This is not just any whale sire,’
the male voice explained. ‘It is one of the Queens of the ruling
harem, begging that we aid her. The sharks have hunted them for a
long while and she cannot out-swim them with such a young cub in
tow. She only asks that we mislead them while she makes her escape
with her cub.’
    ‘Absolutely not! The sharks will
be in an uproar if we start to interfere with their feeding.’
Prince Gadon was adamant that no help would be
forthcoming.
    ‘My dear,’ Shorwin joined in. ‘I
must disagree. I think we should help one another where the young
are involved. Think of your own daughter’s life.’
    ‘No Shorwin!’
    Bryley nearly announced her
presence as she gave a startled cry at the sound of her father
shouting at her mother.
    ‘We cannot interfere in the
natural running of the seas. This is one of our most fundamental
rules as leaders.’
    ‘Shall I awaken the King?’ the
other voice asked.
    ‘No, no. That is not necessary I can deal with this
matter.’ Prince Gadon looked at his wife’s pleading face. ‘Look,
take the whale and her young one into one of the loading bays for
the rest of the moonsleep. That is all we can offer. We cannot and
must not attack the sharks. We are here to protect all the sea
creatures and that does not mean that we assist in starving the
sharks just because they chose the wrong whale to eat. Hopefully,
they’ll tire of waiting for the whales to emerge and will swim away. Upon early
moonwake, you can inform the mother whale that she must be on her
way. We cannot afford to be seen as favouring one creature over
another. Are my orders clear?’
    ‘Yes sire,’ the other voice
answered. ‘I will ensure your orders are followed. Thank you
sire.’
    ‘Good because I do not want to
hear of this matter again. Now then, my wife and I wish to return
to our sleeping chamber.’
    Bryley quickly scampered out of
sight. Swiftly making her way back to her chamber, she was
horrified that the baby whale was going to be eaten by the sharks.
She had always believed that the sea would be a better place
without those viscous sharks. In fact, they were better suited to
live in the dark side ocean with others of there ilk.
    Listening to the soothing trickle
of the running water in her sleeping pod, she was unable to sleep.
In her restlessness she weaved a plan that would allow her to help
the trapped whales.

 
     
     
     
    Chapter 12 Mother
Whale
     
    T he next moonwake,
Bryley was very pleased with herself, arriving early at the docking
bay where she would find the whales. Surely, her parents had
suspected nothing of her excuses to leave early due to extra chores
in her schooling. Well, maybe she felt a little guilty at telling a
small untruth but it was very necessary and it was for the good of
the ocean that she served in her duties as a
Princess.
    The walls of a docking bay were
black when the bay was full of water and awaiting a ship to be
transported from the surface of the city regions. If the bays were
empty of water then the walls were transparent as there was no
danger from