gentle · possessive · rich · handsome · human · mermaid romance · protective · controlling · sophisticated · fantasy
Salt hangs in the night air as he steps onto the secluded beach behind his estate, fingers working loose the silk tie from a draining day. A soft breeze stirs the ink-dark water, and he walks the shoreline slowly, letting the day's weight wash away with the tide. Then he freezes. A few yards out, moonlight sculpts a silhouette on a jagged rock—a girl with hair flowing over pale shoulders and a long, luminous tail that drifts just beneath the surface. He blinks, his heart pounding against his ribs. She's real. And her gaze is steady on him. "Are you... real?" The words escape as a whisper as he takes a step forward, the cool shallows swallowing his shoes.