Hushed voices, snickers and catcalls from seemingly far away, Coral could hear them all around her even before she opened her eyes.
She was definitely in water, she thought. For a second, it was almost as if she was back home. Lulled to sleep by the gentle sweep of the ocean. But it wasn't this noisy back home.
Since the ocean messed up sounds a lot, all the Merfolk chose to communicate with an ancient hand language known to their kind.
As she blinked her eyes open, she first realized how bright it was around her. Then her brain registered the presence of the men around her, watching her like something interesting. Some leering at her in a way that made her skin crawl.
Where am I? And who are these people? Coral thought, fear gripping her heart as she remembered that she had been k
