The Sea Remembers Us — Episode 10

been an act. The moment he boarded, his tail split slowly into two human legs. He walked toward me step by step, like something out of a nightmare. Don't run. All that friendliness had been an act. From the day he appeared, he could have slaughtered me and the entire colony any time he wanted. But he hadn't. Had it all been a game to him? The moment his prey tried to run,

the mask came off. Don't leave, my Isla. And then his lips pressed against mine, a satisfied smile spreading across his face. You can't escape now, my mate. And he held me against his chest as he shot through the ocean, heading somewhere unknown. My comm device lay abandoned on the deck, my professor's voice still coming through.

Isla! Isla! What do you mean it's here? Isla, talk to me! A long silence. Then a sigh, and the sound of another call going out. Hello, is this Planetary Security? I woke up in iron shackles.

I was inside a cave on some island. The only exit was submerged. Even if I could somehow dive through it, I'd face nothing but open ocean on the other side.

A few meters away, he looked at me like something you could reason with. What exactly did I lie about? His expression grew angrier. He faded.

I demanded answers. What did you do to me? He took my hand and guided my fingers behind my ears. On each side, I felt openings, developing gills.

My skin had changed too. No longer meant for land. I could probably stay underwater for hours now. The pearl.

Am I going to turn into a creature like you?