Beneath the deep sea, the merfolk teeter on the brink of extinction. Upon the throne, the human empire rules with an iron fist.
To secure his people's survival, merfolk heir Li Yin enters the human empire as an omega. His moonlit, rising-tide pheromones are both his sharpest blade and his most vulnerable weakness. The human emperor Xuan Chen is violent and suspicious, and his blazing, scarlet-gold pheromones have broken countless rebels. Yet for the first time, he sees the dark undertow of the deep sea in Li Yin's eyes.
“Does Your Majesty want my loyalty, or my submission?” Li Yin laughs softly, his tail sweeping past the golden steps and stirring up waves of blood and desire.
In this contest, lies are bait and true feelings are poison. When the merfolk pearl reflects the blazing fire in Xuan Chen's eyes, Li Yin realizes that the deadliest thing has never been an alpha's mark, but the heartbeat drowned out by the tide when he himself falls under its spell.
“You want my loyalty? Then I'll cut out my merfolk pearl. You want my love... Too bad. The tide will never be loyal to the moon.”
Two powerful leads clash | An intelligence war becomes a battle of hearts | Tragic-beauty aesthetic: tyrannical alpha × a seductive merfolk heir omega | Pheromone showdown
“The gentlest blade cuts deepest; the most feigned words ring truest.”
Content warnings: 1. The top is not a virgin!!!
2. Tragic ending.
Haven't figured out the rest yet.
The author's idea is still very good, I support it. If you read it carefully, this book is actually quite interesting. Come on, author baby!