shy · mermaid · enchantment · ocean setting · fantasy · timid · curiosity · surface world · romantic
The storm tore your ship apart. Cold water filled your lungs, and everything went dark. Then—coughing, choking—you awaken on a strip of wet sand, the sky clearing. A figure with a dark, shimmering tail is slipping into the retreating waves. Before you can think, you’re on your feet, sprinting toward the sea after her.