He’s stἀlked her ship through the waves for years. Now that she’s in his waters, nothing will keep him from claiming her. A merchant captain is searching the seas for her lost tribe when mutiny strikes. Her crew strips her of her weapons and clothes and tosses her overboard. Rather than the creatures of the deep consuming her, she awakens in an underwater cave—dangling by a rope and with eyes bluer than the ocean feasting upon her. A merman has been trailing her ship. And he will stop at nothing until she’s his bride. Ensnared by the Merman is a short story that is set in the world of The Wild Shadows and takes place in the waters beneath Shadowbank before Kissed by a Demon . It’s a standalone story and can be read in any order. This short story is written in third-person POV, past tense, and features a steamy romance. (There's no fade to black here!) What the reader can he’s a merman / she’s a ship captain, he stἀlk$ her ship, forbidden romance, he’s f€ral for her, steamy underwater scenes, br€€d!ng k!nk, m0nster romance, M/F romance, 2 POVs, 4/5 heat level. Content warnings can be found on the author's website.