Legend says if you consume the heart of a mermaid, you will know all the secrets of men Ailin doesn't care if the legend is true or not - she's stuck in a crate on her way to feature as the main course at a lavish banquet. Her heart to be served while still beating for a cruel noble while the rest of her is sliced into sashimi. Unless she can escape. Across the ocean, Fenton longs for a different release. Sold as a child by men who labelled him a mistake, a failed experiment. Except he has one valuable skill, he can summon the dreaded kraken. Bought by a pirate, he has only known life at sea, wielded as a tool by the captain. Two lives collide when the pirates capture the vessel holding Ailin. The kraken holds the key to Ailin's freedom but in summoning the beast one last time, Fenton must choose between losing his life or his heart…

Would you risk you life for a second chance…? Coward Ephraim is marked with a white feather tattoo. His life is a series of mistakes and he wishes things were different. Once he had a chance at love, but he let it slip through his fingers. He survives by doing nothing, but is it worth his soul as the hollow void inside him grows? Addict Indi spends her days in a drug induced haze. Reality is cold and harsh but its also where the only things worth living for exist - Ephraim and her sewing. If only she could stay off the drugs and tell Ephraim how she really feels, things might change. A second chance… When Lady Alise, the cruel ruler of Darjee, orders a hundred children to be snatched from the streets, Ephraim can’t stand by and do nothing any longer. But he can’t act alone. He needs Indi’s help if they are to save the children and, just maybe, themselves…