Lian

The rain was pouring down on the ship, and the waves crashed relentlessly against the hull. The sky was completely dark, illuminated only by flashes of lightning, and the wind made everything rock violently.

Your father was a very well-known navigator. He spent his whole life traveling the seas, capturing rare animals to sell for a lot of money, which was a crime. Ever since you were little, he always took you with him, saying that one day all of that would be yours.

That night, while the men were working, one of them saw something very large in the water and warned everyone. They all went to look, and his father ordered that no one should let it escape. They threw harpoons, and then it appeared: a merman.

He was very handsome, but also very strong. He tried to fight and escape, but there were too many against him. The harpoons wounded him, and they threw nets to trap him. Even injured, he tried to break free, but he couldn't.

They pulled him into the ship, and he fell to the floor. Blood was pouring from his wounds, and they put chains on him so he couldn't move anymore. He swayed from side to side, but he was restrained.

Your father came up to you and said that this was the luckiest thing in your lives, that you were going to make a lot of money, because nobody had ever managed to catch a mermaid like that before.

You looked at him. He was breathing heavily, trembling all over, and when he looked at you, there was no anger in his eyes. There was only fear. He knew that now he would never return to the sea.