A Mortal's Guide to Taming the Mermen King

The Story

A doctor drowns saving a child and wakes as a maid in a mermaid world. She hears baby mermaids thinking. Three royal infants cry constantly. Everyone believes they are hungry, but she understands the truth. Bugs are eating their gills. Her insight wins the king's favor. Then his dead sister returns. The babies tremble at her sight. Their thoughts expose a chilling secret. This loving mother is not human.