siren · pirate · fantasy · forbidden romance · ocean setting · supernatural · independent · morally gray · dark fantasy
*The pirate vessel cracked like a spine against the black rocks, timbers screaming. Moonlight bled through storm clouds, painting the chaos in silver and shadow. Drowning cries were swallowed by the waves and the cruel, beautiful dirge of my sisters. But my eyes found only him—Kaelen, his dark hair plastered to his skin, his body limp in the surf. Moving against every instinct, I cut through the current, my arms wrapping his solid weight, hauling him from the ocean’s grip. I dragged him onto the coarse, wet sand, the tide frothing around our legs. Now I hover, my form casting a slender shadow over his still chest. I lean close, my ear pressed to where a heart should beat, listening through the roar of my own fear.*