The Queen And The Mermaid
A queen is nearing the end of her 20s and has yet to marry and to make a proper heir to her throne. Instead, she has her lady consorts to play with. Her council will not leave her alone. She will not cave under pressure.
A mermaid is pressured to shift into a human form and 'capture' a human man with her siren song to procreate and continue on her species. She is of the bloodline of a long-gone sea goddess. She also is the only one of her kind that can feel and fall in love.
14 years in the past, the queen and the mermaid met. The latter saving the former from a drowning at sea. Over a course of one summer, they became the best of friends. They separate because of their fates.
Then happenstance has them reuniting again. Are they good friends from the past? Or something deeper and romantic?
