I didn't need Zeph to tell me where we were; I could guess. The moment I saw the sea surrounding us, I knew we were underwater. A faint shimmer cut across the horizon, a barrier to keep this place under, yet allowing oxygen inside. "Isn't it kind of weird though?" Thethys commented. "Mermaids and mermen don't need to breathe." "But, they can be mated to other living things that need to breathe," I pointed out. "Do you like it?" Zeph asked, his breath fanning against my ear. I felt a few people staring at us, and murmur something, which in turn made me blush. "I didn't know Atlantis was real," I replied as I continued to look around. The houses rose from the ocean floor like something out of a dream—pearlescent stone and living coral woven together, glowing softly with biolumine

