The ocean seemed to stop breathing. Jax stared at the mermaid princess, surrounded by the Sea Kings who held their power back in silence, waiting for her command.
She was the first to speak, her voice sweet, dripping with a teasing undertone.
"You have no idea how much I've wanted to see you again…" she said with a faint smile, her eyes shamelessly scanning his body like she wanted to eat him alive.
Jax raised a brow, not lowering his guard. There was something strange in her tone—like she was offering herself—and that alone kept him on edge.
The mermaid leaned forward with graceful ease, the marine light highlighting her curves and pearl-like skin.
"You know," her voice dropped, as if whispering a secret, "my mother once told me… if I ever had children with you, they would be stronger than any offspring I could ever have down below. No one in the depths compares to you."
