Heinry was in his deep sleep when suddenly a dazzling ray of light illuminated in front of his eyes. He used his arm to block the light from entering his eyes. All of a sudden, he heard a sweet yet deep and nuanced voice call his name.

???: "Heinry, my dear!"

Heinry turned his head towards the source of the voice. He blinked his eyes to get a clear view. He saw a middle aged woman. She had long, shiny and velvety cerulean hairs. Pearls and sapphires were adorned all over her turquoise blue dress. She looked like a fairy snapped out of a fairytale.

Heinry's eyes went upto the lady's head. He saw a golden crown gleaming with small teal blue gems and a huge crimson red pearl in the mid, resting there. Thats when he realized who she was. Tears welled up in his eyes as he spoke bitterly clenching his jaws.

Heinry: "Mother Harle, what took you so long? Where were you, why did you leave me?"

The woman went near him and embraced him, patting his head she spoke lovingly.

Mother Harle: "There, there I didn't knew you would miss me so much!."

Heinry hugged the lady tightly and begged her while whimpering: "Mother Harle please dont ever leave me. Please! You can scold me and even hit me but dont punish this lonely man with your absence.

Mother Harle laughed and sat down while Heinry put his head on her lap just like a small kid. Mother Harle brushed Heinry's hair with her long, soft and slender fingers.

Mother Harle: "I heard you found her!"

Heinry's head shot up. He sat straight with amusement in his eyes and held Mother Harle's shoulder frimly.

He chimmed with excitement just like a ten year old with glimmer in his eyes, he spoke.

Heinry: "Oh Mother Harle! She is the same as the way you described. She has those same soft, lush and velvety blue hairs. She has greenish blue shiny eyes. Her lashes are long and eyes as beautiful as morning dew. She has a charming mole under her lips."

He kept describing the girl as Mother Harle listened to everything he was saying with admiration in her eyes.

Heinry: "Oh and you know her name is 'Ezra'!"

Mother Harle smiled sheepishly and said: "So the boy has grown up. I'll be left all alone now." Saying that she disappears in thin air.

Heinry woke up, eyes brimming with tears. He realized he was dreaming. He was finally at peace. He looked at the clock, it was almost midnight. He went to his bed chamber to take a rest.

On his way he passed through Ezra's room. He stopped for a brief moment, smiled to himself and contemplated whether to knock or not. He was unable to control his masculine urge to see her, just once before he goes to sleep. He want to have sweet dreams about her.

At the same time on the other side of the door, Ezra was getting herself ready for bed. She moved towards the window to close it. Suddenly she tripped over something.

She picked up the thing lying on the white checked marble floor and started examining it. She gasped once she realized what it was.

Ezra: "This is the map route to Vivid Cerulean Pearl. Where did this come from. If my memory serves me right I lost everything in the sea."

She keenly observed the map studying the details. It suddenly clicked her
Ezra: "Aq came inside the room through this window, does this map belong to him? But why would he want the pearl? Is this what he meant by being my enemy!"

Aq was a slave of Wave Union who escaped and therefore was chased. Wave union was formed by the alliance of two small kingdom. Even after their defeat in the war against Azurethra, a small yet powerful portion of the Union remained. Both kingdoms were loathed for power and wealth. They did all sort of illegal works. From children to elders, they spared no one in their dirty game for authority.

Aq when followed by the guards of Wave Union met Ezra in the Forest of Corals. Ezra went to Coral forest to get medicinal herbs for Coralia's injuries. She saved Aq and brought him to Azurethra Empire. From then onwards he served as King Thallaquin's dark guard.

There was a knock on the door. Ezra hurriedly hid the map below her pillow and answered the door.

Ezra: "Who is it? Come in!"

???: "Its me Heinry!" Heinry entered while responding.

Ezra: "Oh its you Henzz!"

Heinry: "What kind of a name is Henzz? By the way I am here to formally introduce myself. Since we didn't had a proper talk."

Ezra: "Yes! I think its been a day since I am here."

Heinry: "Well I am Earl Heinry Casper De Wellington, Earl of the Wellington territory of the Solarnelle. Cain is my right hand man and Alexandro is the Crown Prince of the empire and my best friend."

Ezra: "Really that seductively sweet guy is the Crown Prince. I thought he was someone hitting the bar every night."

Heinry glared at Ezra.

Ezra gulped and spoke hesitantly : "I am sorry, I didn't mean to disrespect the Crown Prince."

Heinry complained: "You call Alexandro 'seductively sweet!' What about me?"

Ezra: "You are a hen I guess!" She laughed awkwardly.

Heinry was left speechless and before he can align his words and get back at Ezra, she cut him off by introducing herself.

Ezra: "Hey Henzz! I am Ezra, the princess of, princess of my dreams. Yes my dreams!"

Heinry: "Thats all!?"

Ezra: "Yeah thats all!" She smiled sweetly yet innocently.

Scratching the back of her ear Ezra offered: "If you like we can have a late night talk, only if you are comfortable with it."

Heinry answered without any hesitation: "I am more than comfortable." He sat next to Ezra on a chair.

It was awkward at first but soon they became comfortable with each other. The giggles, tantrums and laughters filled the room with cheerful vibe.

Ezra questioned Heinry: "Hey! I wanted to ask, in the evening you said something like I am exactly what she decribed. May I ask who is that 'she'?

Heinry: "It was Mother Harle!" Heinry exclaimed with happiness visible in his almond shaped eyes. Ezra was mesmerized by his reaction.

Heinry continued: "After my birth mother left me I was alone, I had no friends, no siblings and my father was too busy with his work. When I was seven, I saw Mother Harle for the first time in my dream. And then onwards she appeared on every Saturday night until last year. But she appeared again in my dream today. She was always there for me. She knew everything about me. I had to never speak a word. She knew my heart so well. She is the one who practically did my parenting even when my own parents didn't reached out to me. Today whatever I am its all thanks to Mother Harle."

Ezra was too stunned to speak. It was as if something had sew her lips. She wanted to speak but she couldn't. Only tears brimmed out of her eyes.

Heinry got worried after observing her reaction. He asked with his voice laced with concern: "Ezra are you okay!? What happened?."

It took her quite sometime to loosen up and calm down. Heinry gently wiped her tears maintaining a good boundary among them.

Ezra spoke: "You never asked why was I not afraid of you? We were strangers still I trusted you. Do you want to know why?"

Heinry responded with an aggressive nod.

Ezra: "Similar to your Mother Harle, I too had someone who was my greatest strength. She loved me more than anyone. I was her youngest daughter. She wrote me many letters before her death. It was her who told me that at the most beautiful dawn of my life I will meet a man, who will take me forward in life. Though I did not completely understood what she meant but when I woke up yesterday I saw the most magnificent dawn of my life and you were the first man I met here."

Heinry asked with anticipation: "What was your mother's name?"

Ezra: "She was Harlequin, my mother Harlequin."
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Heinry, My boy

" You will be someone's salvation at the most magnificent dawn of their lives. She will be the one for you!"

~Mother Harle