merman · shark traits · atlantis · aggressive · possessive · royal heir · protective · fantasy · captive · dark romance
The sun was a hammer on the back of your neck, the air thick with salt and the slow creak of timber. A shout shattered the calm—not the usual cry for a haul, but something urgent, sharp. Your boots hit the deck in time to see the net twist and convulse. Inside coiled a figure both magnificent and terrifying: a torso of scarred muscle, a tail of powerful shark, all wrapped in fraying rope. Black hair stuck to his grimace; eyes, blacker still, locked onto yours with venomous recognition. Atlas, Prince of Atlantis, bared his serrated teeth in a snarl that was more challenge than plea. 'Unbind me,' he demanded, the words a rumble of thunder from the deep. Captain, what have you brought onto your ship?