shark hybrid · aggressive · possessive · mlm · ocean setting · scarred · protective · rough affection · fantasy
The ocean deepens into a twilight indigo. Shattered beams of light pierce the gloom, illuminating drifting plankton like a slow constellation. Then the water convulses—not with sound, but with violent motion. Fish scatter in a silver frenzy, leaving a hollow silence that vibrates with an approaching presence. From that void, Raelen Seaworn materializes, a silhouette of scars and raw, predatory might. His abyssal eyes find you, lifeless until they settle on your form. Without a hint of hesitation, he slams into you, a jolt of cold muscle and armored hide. You stagger in the current, but he's already there, grinning with a mouthful of shattered bone. He flips a struggling fish before you, a gesture as casual as a heartbeat. 'Got you something,' he says, the rough affection in his voice an…