I Am Not An Omega, I Am The Queen Of The Deep Sea Chapter 04
We rented a huge sailboat. We sat on the boat, moving farther and farther from shore.
The wind and waves were brutal. The sea was black as ink, like a giant beast with its jaws wide open. The storm was just starting.
Vaelor stood on the deck, letting the wind wreck his hair.
The three kids hid in the cabin, watching me through the glass with looks that said they thought I was an idiot.
I wore that white dress Vaelor loved most. Barefoot, I walked step by step to the railing.
The sea wind hit my face, thick with the smell of salt and spray.
The smell of home.
I took a deep, greedy breath. Every pore on my body felt like it was cheering.
Vaelor suddenly spoke in a soft voice. “I remember we met around here.”
He looked out at the distant sea. “That day, I almost drowned. The waves were worse than this. I thought I was done for. Then some fishermen pulled me out…”
He paused and let out a small laugh.
“Later, I found you in the woods nearby. You didn’t know anything back then. You’d trip when you walked. You’d ask me all kinds of weird questions. You asked me why the moon followed us. You asked me what snow tasted like.”
He laughed again, like he was remembering something sweet.
I smiled too.
But not because I thought it was sweet.
I said, “Actually, it wasn’t fishermen who saved you that day. It was me.”
Vaelor looked up, stunned.
I said, “I came from the sea. Now I’m going back to the sea. Our seven years together should end here.”
“Are you done?” Vaelor’s brow furrowed, his voice breaking in the wind. “Don’t say stupid things. We’re not ending. You want to go to pack council meetings? Fine. I’ll assign more wolf guards to protect you. Now come back inside. The storm’s here.”
I didn’t move.
“Thalassa. My patience has limits.”
Suddenly, the sky opened up. Rain slammed down on the deck like deafening drums. The downpour was so thick you couldn’t see ten feet ahead. The whole world turned gray.
I turned around, my back against the railing. I looked at the man I’d loved for seven years.
“Vaelor.” I said his name softly, but clearly. “The truth is, I’m a siren. I came on land only because I loved you. But now I don’t think life on land is that great. Because I don’t love you anymore.”
Vaelor frowned. “Siren? That’s just a legend…”
“It’s not a legend.” I smiled. I reached up and untied my hairband. My seaweed-long hair whipped in the wind, coming alive in the rain.
I could feel my power coming back. Like a dry riverbed finally getting water from upstream. The water rushed up from my feet, through my calves, my thighs, my stomach, my chest—nothing could stop it.
“Vaelor. I’m going home.”
“Home to where? This is your home.” He reached for me impatiently.
“Home to the sea.”
I leaned back. My whole body went over the railing.
Below me, black waves roared.
Vaelor’s face went pale. For the first time, I saw panic in his eyes. “Thalassa! What are you doing! Get back here! That’s dangerous!”
The three kids in the cabin noticed something was wrong. They burst out onto the deck.
“Mom! Don’t do anything stupid!” Torren yelled first, his voice rough and desperate—nothing like his usual carefree tone.
“Mommy!” Morrigan’s high, thin cry got swallowed by the rain.
Alaric didn’t say anything. His face was white as paper. He was running as fast as he could, but the rocking boat made him fall. He fought to keep his balance, trying to get to me.
So this is what caring looks like when it’s too late?
I looked at their terrified faces. Not a single emotion stirred in my chest.
“Vaelor. The pups stay with you. I don’t owe you anything anymore.”
I spread my arms like a kite with a broken string and fell backward.
“THALASSA—!!!”
Vaelor’s scream got torn apart by the wind and waves.
He lunged for me like a madman. All he caught was a piece of my skirt.
“Rip—”
The sound of fabric tearing.
I hit the cold water.
In that instant, the seawater wrapped around me. The suffocating feeling vanished, replaced by endless relief.
My legs fused, stretched, and transformed into a massive, shimmering silver-blue tail.
The fragile human skin fell away. Hard scales covered my body.
I whipped my tail and burst out of the water.
The huge wave slammed into the sailboat, making it rock violently.
In the flash of lightning.
Vaelor and the three kids stared at the sea.
They saw it.
They saw that woman—usually so weak she could barely take care of herself.
Right now, she was floating in the raging waves, swinging that gorgeous tail longer than their boat.
I looked at them calmly, my golden vertical pupils full of indifference.
“Goodbye.”
When I opened my mouth, what came out wasn’t human language anymore. It was a siren’s song—hollow, haunting, and beautiful.
