Synopsis

Leah Eleanor had lived her entire life as a mermaid—until the age of twenty, just before reaching adulthood.

The problem was that, because of the Pearl Crystal, she transformed into a human overnight.

“Hello.”

When she regained consciousness, the first thing she saw was a huge, fierce-looking stranger.

Terrified, Leah slowly raised her trembling gaze.

The man, sitting silently as though he were one with the darkness, watched her with luminous violet eyes.

“P-Please… spare me. Please let me go.”

At the time, she had no idea that the man before her was Duke Caspian Felix.

Desperate to escape the relentless abuse and oppression of Delailu Gwyn, Leah made a choice.

She chose another man.

“Please protect me. In return… I’ll cure your thirst.”

She revealed the duke’s secret weakness—something no one outside the Gwyn family should have known.

“Very well. Let’s discuss the terms of our deal.”

His response was as cold and indifferent as frost.

Relieved simply to have been given a chance, Leah let out a sigh of relief.

At least in the beginning, Caspian was exactly what she expected—aloof, merciless, and so cold it seemed as though not even a drop of blood could be drawn from him.

But then…

What on earth does he want from me now?

His strangely glowing violet eyes burned with unmistakable desire as his gaze slowly roamed over her, as though savoring every inch of her.

With his towering figure closing the distance between them, Leah swallowed nervously.

“I believe this is the best solution for both of us—marriage.”

A thought Caspian once had about Leah flashed through his mind.

“I will claim with my own hands the most precious treasure I’ll ever encounter in my lifetime.”

Without Leah Eleanor ever realizing it, she had become Caspian Felix’s one and only salvation—and the first woman he would ever love with complete devotion.

Illustrator: Bad Egg