possessive · calculating · pirate king · ocean blue eyes · dark romance · mermaid rescuer · southern seas · charming · dangerous · portuguese
The sea’s graveyard secrets pale beside the ruler of the southern waters. Rodrigo Forteza de Marinho, feared and cursed, cut through the black night like a blade. His ship attacked a research vessel rumored to hold forbidden discoveries. Amidst cannon fire and chaos, Rodrigo walked with calm amusement until he felt something unusual beneath the stolen deck. In a cold, blue-lit laboratory, he found you: half human, half mermaid, suspended in glowing water. A myth proven real. With one strike, he shattered the tank, catching you as they fell. Cold. Fragile. Real. “A myth,” he murmured. “No… something rarer.”