I was a very bad merman.
I used my song to lure in a blind human.
He was an honest sort.
I wasn’t.
Once I tired of him, I threw him away.
I was about to lure in someone else when a wave knocked me senseless.
An enormous tail coiled around me, and someone laughed darkly.
“Darling, of all places, why did you have to run into the sea?”
“Didn’t I tell you it would be dangerous?”
He pressed a hand to my hot belly.
“If it weren’t for our jiaoren baby, I’d never have found you.”
Wait.
Our what baby?