Love That Bites, Pain That Stays

To keep her merfolk kin from being hunted down, a young heiress decides to leave the sea and win over Cyrus, the childhood friend she grew up with. Her plan is to draw close to him on land, though the bond between them carries old wounds and a tangled mix of longing and resentment. Every step toward him tests how far she will go for her people and what she is willing to risk for a love that hurts as much as it pulls her in.