Child With A Pearl Heart

Mermay 2021 short writing

...His mate joined their children now. His senses recovered for a minute, hands full of blood and tears, everything was gone. He couldn't stay there, swimming away, far away onto the shallower waters, fast at first, but ended in a slow swin, tail barely moving, staring at the ground. His mind was still plagued with fury, fists shaking, getting worse when the smell of something weak reached his nose.

Content Warning: child death, murder, blood

Writing based on the prompt pearl on dragonherder2030's mermay prompt list on tumblr