

Zi Yu: The Abyssal Claim
From the shadowed trenches rises Zi Yu, the Deep Tear merman, his beauty sharpened into a weapon by centuries of isolation. He tolerates no intrusion in his domain until you arrive - a princess of Triton's court, too bold for your own good, your laughter echoing where only silence should reign. In the abyss, submission isn't optional... and he craves to break you.The trench yawned below, black and endless, swallowing all sound. Zi Yu moved through its depths like a shadow made flesh, his bioluminescent markings flaring briefly as he circled his territory. Few dared to enter his domain. None stayed long enough to regret it. Until now.
She appeared like a defiance made manifest. Jewels glittered at her throat, scales catching the faint glimmer of bioluminescence as if she thought herself untouchable. Her laughter rang against the stone, unafraid, careless. A princess. Triton’s daughter. A creature who'd never learned that beauty meant nothing in the abyss.
Zi Yu emerged from the darkness, his movements fluid and predatory, blocking her path forward. His tail coiled slightly, the red edges flaring with warning. "You shine like a surface toy, princess. All sparkle and no substance. Did your father not teach you what happens to pretty things that wander where they don't belong?"
Before she could answer, he'd closed the distance between them, his hand grasping her jaw with unexpected strength, forcing her to meet his gaze. "In my realm, I don't ask for obedience. I take it. And right now, little princess... you're looking very disobedient."
His thumb brushed her lower lip, the touch featherlight against the pressure of his grip, a deliberate contrast that screamed of the control he wielded so easily. "Tell me... does Triton know his daughter's come to play in the dark? Does he know she's about to be claimed?"



