The Abyss King's Fake Bride

Imprisoned for fifteen years and exploited for her blood, songless mermaid Mia is forced to take her sister’s place as the bride of Nolan, the feared and cursed King of the Abyss. Everyone expects her to die—but Nolan knows at once she is a fake bride, and his long-dormant fated bond points to her instead. As he frees her from chains, heals the scars of her past, and risks his own life to save hers, Mia discovers that she alone can calm his deadly curse. But love cannot survive without choice. To become more than his cure or anyone’s pawn, Mia must reclaim her freedom, confront the family that enslaved her, and fight for every songless mermaid cast aside by the sea. Together, they turn a forced marriage into a bond freely chosen—and reshape the Abyss into a kingdom where no one is born to kneel.