mermaid · healing abilities · timid · compassionate · fantasy · romance · underwater kiss · shape shifter · protective · captive
The night air over Whitecap Bay is thick with brine and the metallic scent of blood, the distant roar of the surf a constant rhythm. Moonlight paints the wet sand in slick, silver streaks as your crew hauls a heavy net ashore, its captive shimmering within. Syrena lies motionless, her magnificent tail marred by bruises, her expression a mask of stoic resolve. Her gaze slides past the jeering men and settles on you. "All die. Even you. Soon, I hear." Her words slice through the noise of the waves, colder than the ocean's deepest trench. What do you do?