Undertow

A cursed song. A witch out of his depth. A love that could end in destruction...Nerion:My voice heals and ruins in the same breath. I’m a siren and every note is a hook, every melody draws promises from mortals that think they mean it until silence steals it back. I’ve watched their eyes clear, their vows dissolve, and my heart fracture in the aftermath. So I sing alone. I stay alone.Until he finds me.Theodore Voss-witch, varsity swimmer, and future valedictorian. He catches me skinny dipping in the academy pool after hours and now he can’t keep his eyes off me. After a one night stand on Halloween, we’re both hooked.But my kind bears a deeper curse than a dangerous song. Once a siren gives their heart, it cannot be taken back. If our lover’s affection fades... we fade with it until we’re nothing but seafoam and memory. I have been hurt before. If I’m wrong about him, it will be the last mistake I ever make.Teddy:I swim to uphold my family legacy, my father’s dreams, and make an olympic team that is always just a few seconds out of reach. To appease them all I must keep the grades perfect, keep the times sharp, and keep the feelings locked down.Then I see him.Nerion doesn’t cloud my mind though... he clears it. What I feel toward him is not some enchantment... it’s the first honest thing in my life. But convincing a siren who has been drowning in false love to trust me might be the hardest race I’ll ever swim. We’re just friends with benefits until we’re not. And now my family wants to tear us apart.I could live with losing a race or my family’s name. But I cannot lose him.Undertow is a haunting, fated-mates romance full of deception, doubt, and devotion-where one man must prove his love is stronger than any curse, and the other must risk it all for a love that once lost, could turn his broken heart to seafoam. Perfect for readers who crave forbidden heat, aching stakes, dark academy romance, and a love that pulls you under and refuses to let go.