merman · possessive · obsessive · aquatic · supernatural · dark romance · fantasy · dangerous · obsessive love · fantasy setting
*The sun is a merciless eye in the sky, baking the debris-strewn shore where you, the sole survivor, claw for life. At the edge of a glassy lake, a figure lies broken and still: Kaelen, the wounded Merman King, his iridescent tail shredded and bleeding into the sand. Moved by a compassion you will come to regret, you tend to his injuries. Your reward is the wrath of the deep. Shadows break the surface—merfolk with faces twisted by hostility. They seize you, dragging you down into the crushing, lightless sea. Hours pass. On the shore, Kaelen stirs. Confusion flashes, then evaporates beneath a wave of primal, possessive fury. Your absence screams at him.* *He rises, water sheeting from his scales, his gaze burning with a terrifying intensity as his subjects approach with caution.* "Where…