“Next up, singer Elena will be performing ‘Deep Sea‘ for everyone.”
As the host’s voice echoed through the venue, the stage went pitch black.
Deep blue lighting slowly came up, revealing a woman center stage in a stunning deep blue mermaid tail dress. She had this tiny waist and pale, slender arms that sparkled with fine glitter. The fish–fin half–mask covering part of her face made her look absolutely mysterious.
In a split second, every single person was staring at her
Vivian glared at the woman on stage, sitting back confidently to wait.
The live audience went dead quiet. People who’d never seen the show live before were thinking this
looked incredible.
Nathan’s forehead creased as that weird familiar feeling hit him again.
Meanwhile, outside the venue.
Tons of people were glued to the livestream.
When the camera first cut to her, the scene looked pretty basic–just your typical mermaid setup that honestly looked kind of cheap and plastic under those lights.
One second later, boom–the whole picture seemed to glitch.
People who’d literally just taken a sip of water suddenly saw the stage go from looking like garbage to
absolutely stunning.
The entire vibe and visual quality were completely transformed.
All those details that had been compressed and blurred before were now crystal clear.
The masked mermaid’s body was covered in shimmering scales, her skin reflecting this gorgeous deep blue sea light–she looked like a real–life deep–sea princess.
Instantly, everyone was mesmerized.
Se7ven and Harper, who were practically glued to the computer screens, lost their minds with
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excitement.
“Holy shit, Louie’s team did it!”
“I was freaking out for so long, thank god everything worked!”
“Yes! Now it’s our turn!”
“This time I’m gonna destroy those trolls and shut them up for good!”
“Amelia’s a fucking goddess!”
They were going crazy with excitement, totally missing James Rodriguez standing outside the study. grinning as he watched them.
Backstage, Vivian checked the livestream on her phone Her face went white for a second, but she got it together fast. She mumbled something about needing the bathroom and snuck off to a spot without
cameras to call Sebastian.
Sebastian picked up right away.
“What the hell’s going on?” Vivian hissed. “Didn’t you say everything was handled? How’d her stream quality get fixed?”
“Chill, maybe the settings just got messed up. Let me go check it out,” Sebastian shot back.
“You gave me your word, remember!” Vivian’s voice was ice cold. “If you can’t take down Elena, you’re
screwed with Louie too.”
“Yeah, I got it,” Sebastian said and went to deal with it.
But Sebastian was totally fucked and didn’t even know it yet.
Because right then, somewhere else in the building, Louie was standing guard outside the equipment control room with this evil grin on his face. A few feet away, several guys were being held down by his
gew
When he spotted Sebastian coming, Louie cracked his nuckles. He’d been waiting for this moment
forever
Shit was about to hit the fan
Back in the livestream.
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The masked mermaid started singing–this low, haunting melody mixed with live water effects that immediately sucked everyone into this underwater world.
She was telling this totally different version of the mermaid falls for prince story.
This wasn’t about obsessing over some guy. This was about a little mermaid who wanted to explore the world above the sea. Love was just part of the adventure.
The prince? Just another stop on her journey.
Falling for him, leaving him–all her choice.
She could handle it and walk away. She stayed true to herself through every phase of her life.
Starting with those innocent crush feelings, getting lost in love, then seeing the bigger world and diving back into the deep–the brilliant blue stage lighting and her dress flowing in the breeze made her look like she was actually swimming.
Her voice kept climbing higher and higher.
The audience was completely hooked.
Online, the chat was going absolutely insane:
“Holy fucking shit, she’s this good?!”
“This is like a whole sensory experience!”
“Wait, this is Elena? I thought she was just decent at writing songs but kinda boring on stage?”
“And she’s gorgeous too!”
“Did you guys notice how her whole look matches the performance perfectly? Everything’s so
Coordinated
I was there live before Elena’s always been incrediblen person, but the stream quality was trash. I tried telling people and nobody believed me, it was so annoying”
That comment from someone who’d been there live go liked like crazy.
“Yeah, the video quality just jumped
“Right? Just for like a second when she came on I blind and it went from looking cheap as hell to this!”
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“You live audience people have been seeing this the whole time? That’s so unfair!”
“Live audience here–trust me, it’s even better in person”
The internet was exploding while Se7ven and Harper had their people running around everywhere, starting drama and hyping things up.
At the Voice of Heaven recording studio.
Vivian kept checking the livestream. The masked woman had already gotten through almost half her song and the quality still hadn’t switched back.
Getting desperate, Vivian called Sebastian again.
This time he took forever to answer.
“Why the fuck did it take you so long to pick up?” Vivian snapped. “What’s the situation? Why isn’t this fixed yet? She’s halfway done!”
On his end, Sebastian was touching his split lip and shooting daggers at Louie.
The second he’d shown up, he saw his guys getting the asses kicked.
Voice of Heaven was backed by a bunch of different talent agencies and investors. You had to play nice with everyone–you couldn’t just start throwing punches.
Everyone knew Louie had a temper, but even he wouldn’t usually go this far.
You might feel good in the moment, but you’d pay for it later. Louie was just one of three Cavendish brothers–the youngest one–and there were more shows coming up.
For him to actually throw down now, and nail Sebastian’s guys so perfectly, meant he’d already gotten all
the other investors on his side.
When Sebastian had tried talking to him, hoping to bushit his way through this round, Louie didn’t give a shit what he said and just decked him
“Sebastian, you think I’m some kind of pushover when don’t lose my temper? My reputation for being a hothead isn’t just talk!” Louie had said after hitting hing
Louie hadn’t shown any signs before this, so Sebastian badn’t brought backup. Too late to get people now.
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So he was stuck taking this beating.
And now Vivian was calling to bitch at him, which just pissed him off more.
“I’m fucking working on it, aren’t I?” Sebastian said and hung up on her.
“Sebastian, you piece of-”
Click.
He’d already hung up before she could finish, which made her absolutely livid.
On stage, the masked mermaid’s voice kept soaring higher.
Everyone was watching her with pure admiration.
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