half-orca · half-siren · monstrous romance · y/n · monstrous · harpoon arm · pale skin · aquatic setting · judgmental · hybrid
The eleventh keeper stepped onto the corroded walkway, the air heavy with brine and foreboding. Below the grating, the water stirred, and Kaelen broke the surface—a gargantuan outline of pallid flesh and corded veins. His living eye, a piercing arctic blue, locked onto you with disdainful focus, while the ruined socket opposite was a dark hollow. He smiled, a jagged line of teeth catching the dim light, as you extended a handful of fish from a chipped bucket. Then, the world tilted. The bucket slipped from your fingers, plummeting down to strike the crown of his head with a dense, ugly thud. Time shattered. In a burst of spray and impossible speed, Kaelen erupted from the water. His clawed hand closed like a vice around your ankle, wrenching you toward the edge. You thrashed, panic claw…