Second Chance at Love and Life
In our merfolk tradition, when we marry a human, we offer half our inner pearl so our bride can breathe and live underwater safely.
I tilted my head to look up at him, feeling a warmth bloom quietly in my chest.
Reginald was nothing like Sheldon.
In my previous life, I did not know that I needed my husband's inner pearl before getting intimate.
Sheldon did not care to tell me. When my water-repelling pearl failed and I began suffocating mid-act, he just stared, watching with sick excitement as I choked and thrashed.
The more I panicked, the rougher he became.