The Mermaid Bound in Stone

Once emissaries rather than monsters, Marella and her family swam the border between sea and land, keeping peace between the merfolk and the human city of Rossaia.

After the humans turned on them, the mermaids sought salvation from The Stone Witch, who honored her bargain and damned them anyway.

They remain trapped as statues in the heart of a dried-up city and wake only on the night of the new moon, when survival demands they drink human blood before dawn seals them in stone again.

Haunted by emptiness, Garrett arrives in Rossaia looking for something to anchor him and joins the Fratelli di Sangue, an ancient brotherhood sworn to rid the streets of monsters like Marella.

On a moonless night, a chance meeting becomes a dangerous rescue, drawing hunter and hunted together through blood, secrets, and a desire neither can dismiss.

Standing on opposite sides of an age-old war, choosing one another may mean betraying everything they believe.