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TALE, TAILS, SCALES

HiraethCat
Set on a fictional island in the Western Pacific, there is an island named Charaya, which, in the modern era, is a tale of mermaids lingering. There was a creature living at the bottom of the dark and vast ocean. While waiting for a human with a greedy heart to arrive, she accidentally witnesses an incident. Due to her stubbornness, she decided to save the man who was in a near-death situation and to bring him back alive she needed to kiss him. But the mermaid was wrong in saving the human because she had just passed an unknown curse unconsciously. At the time that she had legs, the feet of the human became tails. ️️️ DISCLAIMER This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. ▪️▪️▪️ TALE, TAILS, SCALES written by: HiraethCat All Rights Reserved copyright 2014 NO TO PLAGIARISM ️️️ FORMER TITLE: AQUARIUS WRITTEN: JULY 2014 REWRITTEN: SEPTEMBER 2016 ENDED: DECEMBER 28, 2016
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Crown of Thorns and Roses.

Those who fail him, they claim, are consumed by his gardens. They are unaware, though, that I have been talking to plants my whole life—and now the fate of the kingdom hinges on their response. I wanted no attention at all. Enough risk is involved growing illegal miraculous blossoms in my small rural garden. However, I find the reason the king's gardens are withering and why all five gardeners before me have vanished when royal guards transport me to the palace. The gardens provide more than only aesthetic purposes. They're the kingdom's last defense. Constant observation by Crown Prince Thorne, his silver eyes frigid as the winter gradually kills his territory. The court mumbles he killed the past gardeners for failing, but I detect despair in his eyes. Each day I coax life from the wilting magical plants, I feel the protective wards strengthening. Each night, I sense the shadowy creatures straining our bounds, getting stronger, hungrier. Should I fail, I should detest the haughty prince threatening punishment. Instead, I find myself pulled to the man beneath the thorny crown—a monarch willing to become the villain in whispered legends if it means saving his people. As my power develops with odd new blossoms no one has seen before, so does the threat. The prince's foes conspire within the royal walls, the magical barriers decrease with each passing day, and my heart treacherously softens toward the man who cannot afford to love me back. They believe his gardens eat those who disappoint him. What they don't know is what happens when a wild magic like mine begins to overwhelm me.
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