Ariel Slick writes original fiction including short stories, novels, and memoirs to spread the joy of imagination and creativity. She also helps clients achieve their fiction writing goals with her ghostwriting skills on Upwork.com and Guru.com. 

Rory the merman wants just one thing in this life: to become a good king and lead his tribe of mer-people who live in the ocean, but when a mysterious illness strikes and mermaids start dying, he begins to investigate why, and who is behind it. 

When he discovers that it is humans who are dumping toxic waste into the water, he is spurred by tragedy to go ashore and speak with the human king himself. When he makes a deal with the evil Sea Warlock, he receives a magic spell to turn him human for seven days.

There’s just one catch: he must kill a human. That will be pretty difficult to do considering he just fell in love with the king’s daughter...


The King and His Sea

Katherine felt as though she had bees in her blood. 


She couldn't stop thinking about him, refused to stop thinking about him until she came to a decision. 


She glanced at the ink and quill at her desk. They seemed to call to her, begging her to pick them up, just write a small note, just write his name-


She had to work and had no time for thinking about stupid men who danced with stupid girls and who probably didn't even care about her or anything besides themselves. 


She grabbed an apple from the kitchen and ate it on the way to the palace. She dodged around rumbling horse carts and shouting fish mongers and smacked at a street urchin who tried to cut her purse. But as she was chasing him away, she stepped right into horse dung.


Katherine swore; Mistress Ketterling would be sure to see and she'd get reprimanded.


Chapter 42