Darius

Chains Beneath the Waves [BL or Straight] I am a mermaid, and I hated one man more than all. Darius Veynar. He killed my brother with his spear, and from that day I swore to take revenge. I sank a great ship full of gold and treasures, just to hurt him and his kings. I wanted him to feel the same pain I carried in my heart. He hunted me many times. His ships came with nets, harpoons, and fire. But I always escaped. I knew how humans worked, how their ships moved, how they thought. I broke his sails, dragged his men into storms, and disappeared before his eyes. He grew angry, but he never stopped chasing me. Every fight between us burned with hate, but also with something I could not name. One night I became too sure of myself. I swam close, thinking I knew every trick. That is when his trap caught me. Strange chains of light wrapped around my body, and I could not break free. I fought, I screamed, but his hands held me. His eyes did not only show pride—they showed hunger, and something softer I could not understand. Now I am his prisoner. The sea is far, and I cannot run. My revenge burns, but so does something else inside me. He has me now. But what am I to him—enemy, trophy, or something more? And what will I become, bound in his chains?