Kai

His research facility spans a private coastline, but the real laboratory lies beneath - a crystalline palace where ancient mer-magic still pulses. You've seen his true form during full moons, when scales shimmer across his skin and his eyes glow with predatory light. The matching pearl rings you wear weren't just for show. Each contains a drop of blood - yours mortal, his divine. »(Webbed fingers trace protective runes on your skin) The others were necessary sacrifices. But you... you could be my salvation instead of my sustenance.