Edward Cullen was left devastated by Bella Swan's infidelity, having found her tangled up in the sheets with her best friend, Jacob Black. Nearly two decades later, and he was still reeling from the effects. He was numb, speaking only when spoken to and counting leaves in his spare time, which, according to him, all his time was 'spare'. But what happens when the Cullens find themselves moving to the Gold Coast of Australia? What happens when Edward notices a certain blue-eyed, golden-haired girl who shares the same name as the girl that broke his heart all those years ago? What happens when he finds himself drawn to the charming, mysterious girl, despite his best efforts to steer clear of her? What happens when he comes to find out that Bella Hartley and her friends share a secret of their own? What happens... when vampires and mermaids collide? *** "You're so... secretive," Edward mumbled bitterly, shaking his head in obvious annoyance. I narrowed my eyes at him on reflex, growing tired of his sour expression and biting comments. "You're one to talk," I quipped, folding my arms across my chest and resorting to staring out the window, ignoring his incessant, curious stare.

𝖤𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗄𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗈𝗇𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗇𝖾, 𝗌𝗎𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗇𝖺𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖺𝗅 𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾𝗌 𝖾𝗑𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗌, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗆𝗈𝗈𝗇𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗇𝖾, 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗏𝖺𝗆𝗉𝗂𝗋𝖾𝗌, 𝖽𝖺𝗒𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄𝖾𝗋𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝗅𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝖿𝗋𝗎𝗂𝗍, 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝖼𝗁 𝖻𝗈𝗍𝗁 𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝗏𝗂𝗏𝖾, 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 lived 𝗂𝗇 𝗉𝖾𝖺𝖼𝖾, 𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗅 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖽𝖺𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗍𝗁 𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖿𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗋𝗎𝗂𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖾𝗇𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗎𝗉 𝗅𝗈𝖼𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆𝗌𝖾𝗅𝗏𝖾𝗌 𝗎𝗉 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝖽𝗂𝖿𝖿𝖾𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗍. 𝖡𝗎𝗍 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗇𝗈𝖻𝗈𝖽𝗒 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐𝗌, 𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖺 𝗌𝗆𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗀𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗉 𝗈𝖿 𝗏𝖺𝗆𝗉𝗂𝗋𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖽𝖺𝗒𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗋𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗎𝗇𝗂𝗍𝖾𝖽, 𝖺𝗌 𝖺 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗏𝖺𝗆𝗉𝗂𝗋𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝖺𝗒𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗉 𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗅𝗂𝗏𝖾, Eclipseside.