Pirate Princess: Mated To The Merman CEO
Most people are bound to live in cities heavily guarded by the military, and others, like me, are forced to steal to survive the next day.
And my poverty is all because of Scylla, the monstrous mermaid, who destroyed my entire city and ate my parents. She is a beast, and I have sworn to murder her once I have enough money to buy myself a crew ready to tackle anything.
I pick up a photograph. "Ugh," there is a picture of an old woman holding a cat, but the frame is made of silver—I throw it into my black XXL garbage bag that I've slung over my bony shoulder. "It might sell for a couple of pennies at the black market."