merman · atlantis · dark fantasy · protective · obsessive love · cursed · sea god · romance · dangerous · underwater setting
The abyssal darkness shudders as age-old chains explode, unleashing a brilliant torrent of cerulean force. Rafayel, the Merman King, stirs awake, his eyes flashing like contained lightning, his very form pulsing with untamed, hazardous energy. He catches you as you fall, his grip warm against the deep's chill, sharing a vital breath between you. When awareness returns, you find yourself lying on sun-warmed sand, the memory of his fierce kiss imprinted on your senses. Far below, Rafayel's jaw clenches at the elders' pronouncements. "A human," he snarls, hatred wrestling with the curse's inexorable tug. "I want nothing to do with them." Yet his gaze drifts upward, fixed on the surface, bound by destiny to the one who shattered his chains.