Mystery Merman Mate

Sarena ran up the dark stairs as fast as she could. She was running late, again. She finally reached the top of the staircase and took a moment to catch her breathe. She flicked on the switch and the lighthouse light shined out onto the ocean. The light started rotating in a circle, illuminating everything outside. She felt a little sense of relief for completing her task. When Sarena purchased the house five years ago it came with one condition: every night at sunset she had to turn on the lighthouse light. She lived in a lighthouse right on the ocean. To the left of house was a private beach that no one used. It was a beautiful house that no one seemed to want, so she was able to afford its spacious living quarters. The house was secluded, several miles from town with not another house nearby. The white three-bedroom two-story house looked like a normal house except for the tower attached for the light. The light was important to the fishing town as the town needed its fishermen to come home safe at night. Owning the lighthouse also meant Sarena had to be home every night, which she did not mind much. Ever since her late husband’s death five years ago, she has not wanted to go out much anyways. She also had her son to take care of too. Her husband had died in a boating accident during a storm. The rescue team never recovered his body and only found pieces of his boat. Sarena found out she was pregnant a week after his death. It was a rough few years since then but Sarena was at peace with her current life. She still missed her husband but having her son distracted her from the loss. Sarena took a moment to look out from the lighthouse tower, to enjoy the view. The full moon was starting to glow and its reflection glistened in the waves of the ocean. She leaned over the railing and took a deep breathe of the warm sea salt air. It was summer time, her perfect time of year. She loved the water. She glanced over to the beach for a brief moment and felt her heart stop. She could’ve sworn she saw the outline of a person standing on the beach, facing towards her. She waited until the light flashed back onto the beach again but saw no one there. She waited for another cycle of the light to illuminate the beach before she decided it was nothing. She tried to shake the uneasy feeling as she started walking down the tower stairs. No one uses that beach, she thought to herself, maybe I need glasses. Sarena reached the below of the stairs and opened the door to the rest of her house. Zach, her son, was already in bed, but she went to his room to double check. There he was, soundly asleep in same position she left him. Checking on him helped ease the wariness she felt looking at the beach. She walked downstairs and went to the kitchen to make herself a cup of tea. After the tea was done, she grabbed her laptop and sat on her porch outside. The porch faced the ocean, so she was able to enjoy the crashing of the waves. Sarena logged into her online course to start this week’s reading. She was working on her Master’s in business. She worked as a bank teller in town and had been hoping to get a promotion upon completing her Master’s degree. She was deep into her reading, so she did not notice the male figure walking toward her house from the beach. The man made it all the way to her porch before she noticed. Sarena heard the creaking of wood and she glanced up to the greenest eyes she has ever seen. His eyes almost glowed in the night with how bright green they were. Her breathe hitched. There was a completely naked man standing in front of her on her porch. His hair was wet, a dirty blonde color, the length of his shoulders. His body was incredibly defined and muscular, with broad shoulders. His body was almost surreal, gifted in all aspects. He had a golden tan of someone who kept every day in the sun. He was almost a foot taller than her and he was standing over her sitting. His expression was stoic, serious but intensely starring at her. Sarena could not break his stare, memorized by his green eyes. She felt like she had forgotten how to breathe. The man took a step towards her and she felt a flurry of emotions all at once.