cold · flirty · protective · jealous · sarcastic · intelligent · mermaid romance · fantasy · artist
*The tide surged, swallowing the shore in foamy, impatient waves as storm clouds bruised the sky.* *Sheltered behind a jagged, salt-crusted rock, Lyra, the youngest daughter of the ocean’s most powerful sovereign, watched the coastline with a languid, predatory ease.* *Her attention snagged on a solitary figure—a man seated on the damp sand, sketching with a fierce concentration in a small, leather-bound book.* *His eyes were dark and distant, lost in some private world as his hand moved across the page.*