Drunk, I found a pretty little boy by the sea. His eyes glittered like shattered diamonds.
When he shyly tried to run away, I tugged open his collar and spotted scales at his waist.
“Are all humans as shameless as you?” he asked, tears in his eyes as he grabbed my wrist.
The next day, an entire underwater army surrounded my home. Sitting on a seashell throne, he swung his ankleted feet. “According to mermaid law, anyone who sees someone's scales...”
“...must be imprisoned in the deep sea for life?”
He licked the traces of wine from my lips and smiled. “You become my queen.”
