The Merman Prince’s Redemption: Drowning in Love
After learning about my sister’s death, my
gentle merman committed suicide in her study.
I steeled myself against the pain as I went through his things, and that’s when I saw it: a jade pendant he’d kept till the end. Inscribed on the back were two words: “My only Evie.” Turns out, he’d been in love with my sister all along.
I collapsed from a broken heart, only to wake
up and find myself back on the day my sister
and I got to choose our bonded beast. This
time, I skipped the merman entirely and went
straight for the mangy, one–tailed Kitsune
hiding in the corner.
I watched my sister parade around with the
merman, flashing a smug grin.
“Since you’re so smitten, sis, I wish you both all
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the happiness in the world. May your lives be entwined forever.”
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“Can I pick my bonded beast first, Bea?” My
sister put on that pathetic little face she knew twisted everyone around her finger. “You’re so smart and strong, but me…”
Before she could even finish her sentence,
Mom and Dad were already shooting me those disappointed looks. “Beatrice, can’t you just let your sister have this one thing?”
Last time around, I let my anger at their blatant favoritism get the better of me. I snapped, “I’m the eldest! I should get to choose first!”
And yeah, I got the merman I’d had my eye on.
But Evie? She threw a tantrum and refused to
pick any beast, all because I wouldn’t budge.
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Mom and Dad acted like I’d personally condemned her to a life of barren spinsterhood. They forced me to atone, threatening to disown
me if I didn’t.
So I did what any spineless pushover would do:
I caved.
To make it up to her, I never consummated the bonding with the merman. Hell, I practically
shoved him into Evie’s arms and told him to
keep her company.
Then, she fell hard for some biker wolf beast,
ditched the merman faster than you can say
“slut,” and decided to bond with the biker dude
instead.
On her wedding day, I plastered on a fake
smile, brought the merman back home, and
even went to the damn ceremony to wish her
well.
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But later that night, I realized the merman was gone. I found him in Evie’s study, as dead as
disco.
The merman I’d fallen for had croaked in my
sister’s office.
That’s when I saw the portrait gallery. Every
inch of wall space was covered with paintings
of my merman, Kai. He’d poisoned himself,
clutching a jade pendant the entire time.
“My only Evie.”
It finally hit me. Kai’s icy attitude toward me
wasn’t just general dickishness. He’d been head
over heels for my sister the whole goddamn
time.
No wonder he’d looked so devastated when I dragged him home on Evie’s wedding day, his blue eyes as dead as the sea. I thought he was just adjusting to freedom after a lifetime of
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Turns out, he was just heartbroken that his
soulmate was hooking up with someone else‘
and I had stolen him.
