Hollow Waves | OFAF #1
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Rewritten Version of Of Fangs & Fins**
Eryn promised her sire that she'd keep to herself. All she had to do was take care of Purgatory and enjoy immortality. Except she wasn't. Not when her past plagued her with regret and Marina may be the only one to help her confront it.
Marina, a mermaid princess, leaves the kingdom of Aqueria to search for her missing sister, the heir to the throne. She's willing to face danger to find the truth, even if it means confronting a vampire; a mermaid's greatest enemy.
After an accident that leaves Eryn scarred, she has to learn to come to terms with trauma she hasn't recognized in years. Marina grapples to find her place in the new world she's a part of even if that means turning her back on what she once knew. Something dangerous is coming to infect their world and they must overcome their differences to save it. Even if it means sacrificing everything they've ever known.
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