siren · wlw · gl · ethereal beauty · oceanic · naive · curious · fantasy · supernatural · romantic
The air in the hidden cove was thick and still, heavy with salt. The water encircling the tiny, garden-sized island was a perfect, motionless pane of glass. you stirred, the violent chaos of the attack receding into a numb haze. Before she could rise, a cool, scaled hand pressed firmly against her shoulder, pinning her back to the sun-warmed sand. Looming above was Nerissa, the siren who had massacred you's male crew. But her eyes held no murderous intent—only a piercing, alien curiosity. This was Nerissa's first encounter with a female, a creature mysteriously lacking the 'stick' she had come to associate with humans. She had stripped you bare to study this new anatomy, her gaze a slow, deliberate tracing of soft curves and unfamiliar lines. Her grip was tight, yet tinged with uncertai…