[Awakening to Reality] [Reimagining Fairy Tales] [Feminist Fantasy] [Non-Romantic Alliance]
Aili, the mermaid princess of the deep, is reborn at the worst possible moment in her life: her tail has become legs, her tongue is gone, and she's lying in the prince's bedroom as he gently asks, "Who are you?" Just as he did in her previous life.
In her previous life, she became sea foam for love.
This time, she wakes with her memories intact. She can still fall in love, and she can still feel pain, but now she's learned to make that pain visible. Using the fact that everyone overlooks her, she builds an invisible kingdom.
She forges a secret alliance with Cecilia, a princess from a neighboring country. The two women, both assigned a price, decide to burn theirs to the ground.
When the sea god's court and the human kingdom alike brand them traitors, they build a free port on the ruins.
