1: i've been in some deep shit, but this is the deepest yet

Maria screamed at the sky; any second longer on this island, stranded, and she was going to rip the ground apart with her bare hands.

Any second longer with that mermaid taunting her, she was going to part the seas and strangle the sea witch herself.

Any second long without Beatrice, and Maria was going to cry.

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the story of a pirate captain, a pirate scholar, and the mermaid that tore them apart.