"I have angered the gods. As punishment, I am to live as an immortal in my destroyed kingdom, Atlantis. Thousands of years of loneliness is too much to bear. However, the ocean waters brought you to my arms. You are what my heart needed, love." -Trystan Featured: TalesUndertheDeep 🥈2nd place Short story: Liberum Awards 2023

When plain Jane, Aubrey finds a guy burried in the sand, she naturally helps him. He thanks her by kissing her which throughs her right off, not having been kissed, like ever. Forgetting her towel she returns only to be lured into the water and kidnapped by the same guy who now reveals to have a tail. She doesn't remeber the trip down, but after a pink florescent bath she finds herself in the new underwater world. Which is really cool, until the mention that she is this guys wife to be. Not only that she is no longer the plain jane from Topside but is seen now as the 'Temptress' marrying the No.1 most eligible bachelor in Atlantis. Will the sudden attention faze the shy halfling as she tries to return to her homeland ... I don't know how I managed to rate this +13. And I dont know how to fiix it. It is more borderline G/PG.

Cordelia, who was already beyond the marriageable age, quickly agreed upon the arrival of a marriage proposal from one of the most influential and well-known noblemen. She wedded Leon expecting a pleasant married life, only to be greeted with cracks and mishaps. A beautiful woman who is only a noble by name And a dashing man who is a noble with power. Not long after their wedding, her bewitching yet indifferent and cold husband gave her a contract and declared an agreement. "We are forbidden from meddling with each other's affairs. Do not expect love in this marriage." "And within two years, if you fail to birth an heir, we will have a divorce." Each word was vividly engraved in her mind as she obediently did as she was told, fulfilling her duties as his wife throughout the course of their marriage. However, as the said year approaches without an heir, Cordelia slowly prepared herself to sign the divorce papers and leave. But why is it that Leon, who had treated her badly from the very beginning, was suddenly desperate to make her stay?