"It's torture every time you look at me." "You will be fine." "Oh, baby. I hope I will be or I'll have to come back and haunt your fine ass. Then you won't ever be rid of me." ............................... Hiraeth's father runs a very large protection agency that employs highly trained bodyguards and is involved with gangs and the mafia. She is the best bodyguard and has been trained to be smart, fast, and driven. All things that amaze her mate. He is quite literally the king of the world. He has a haunted past that is threatening to come back and take his throne. What will he do when he meets his fiery mate who despises his very being? How will the Alpha King react to his unstoppable human mate who seems to hate his guts?

Kaia Irey just lost her father to lung cancer. She can't handle the loss so she returns to the only thing they both did every day, sailing in the cove along the coast they live on. However, as she tries to make a trip there to clear her head, a strong wind drags her away into the sea. There, she runs into half human and half fish creatures that try to take her ship down. She flees but finds herself in the territory of something worse than the ones chasing her. He has lived a very long time and hates humanity. Can he accept his human mate? Will he want to be with her after spending so long avoiding humans by living in the ocean? Will she be able to survive being in his waters? Will she ever get home? Unedited