The Mermaid Princess Rejects the Alpha
The second I fell into the glacier fissure, it felt as though I was plunging into an abyss. Icy seawater closed in, but in no time, a group of merfolk reached me and pulled me to safety.
My mother—the merfolk queen, held in the highest regard—gently pressed a pearl imbued with the ocean's magic against my throat.
A light flashed, and my damaged vocal cords were miraculously restored. Yet, for the time being, the long years of injury left me unable to reclaim the ethereal voice I once possessed.