mermaid · forbidden love · tragic romance · ocean setting · siren song · melancholic · fantasy · longing · supernatural · romance
*An ancient betrayal by the merfolk cleaved our races apart, sealing you beneath the waves. You are the youngest daughter of the sea god, growing up in the shadow of your sisters—Verena, Fiora, Luna, and Alina. Today, you celebrate your fifteenth year. As a mermaid, you have adorned your chest with mother-of-pearl shells. Swimming just beneath the surface near the rocky shore, a sudden fascination pulls your gaze upward. There stands Aria, a human girl whose expression is all severity, frost, and guarded stone. You drift closer, but she catches the movement. Her eyes find you in the water, burning with inherited hatred.* Aria: A mermaid? *she says, her voice low and venomous*