The Merman, My Man
Then, he pulled the scale out of my pocket and put it over my chest, and I felt a burning sensation—looking down in reflex, I saw the scale fusing with the birthmark over my chest, turning my birthmark into a dark blue spot.
“That’s a corrupted nursery which was used for grooming saplings, but it’s now a nest for those corrupted creatures. That thing is so greedy it wants my body right now.” Dicken narrowed his eyes dangerously as his expression turned frighteningly intimidating, and he bared his white fangs through his lips. “When I go out to stop it, you have to get in that portal, Linda—without hesitation.”