And We Drown

A forbidden romance, a dead siren king, and deadly magic. When teen siren, Mirna, gets caught visiting her human girlfriend in secret, it sparks a war that will destroy everything they know.

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17-year-old Mirna, a siren with outlawed magic, is in love with Valencia, the human princess of her enemy's kingdom. Once her presence on land sparks a war between the two kingdoms, it becomes too dangerous for Mirna to meet her girlfriend in secret. But when the siren king is killed, the queen trials begin, and it's there that Mirna finds the key to ensuring her freedom to see Valencia again. But in order for her plan to work, she must plot with an unlikely ally to win the trials. However, as the trials go on, Mirna realizes that her illicit magic may be the only way to ensure she wins, but learning to use it again means coming to terms with her traumatic past.

Content Warning: this story contains themes of body image issues, self-harm, violence, gender-based discrimination, and abuse.