The Ocean Inside Her

"That is why we never go up there, Aihe; we don't know what lurks there..."

When you're born in the depths of the ocean and raised among mystical water-dwelling beings know as merfolk, you are taught that the world above the surface is dark and mysterious, full of unknown forces of magic that threaten your very existence... only the bravest mermen dare to venture out of the safety of the sea and into the great unknown that is the human world... that is, the bravest... and the exiled.

Aihe, a young mermaid with a deep longing to explore the undiscovered mysteries of the world above the waves, has committed a terrible crime, earning herself an exile from the Mer Districts that forces her out into the world she dreamed of seeing... only that world is not as she always thought it would be, for dark forces are at work - dark forces that will stop at nothing to steal Aihe's powerful mer-magic... and Aihe with it...