I was snatched away by the Sea Prince at my wedding

On the eve of her seaside wedding, Elara expects a peaceful life with Noah. But before she can say her vows, the ocean rises, a cursed ring burns her hand, and sea warriors drag her beneath the waves. Prince Kael calls her the White Mermaid Bride—the last heir of a bloodline erased from history.In the underwater kingdom, Elara is mocked for having no scales and condemned as an impostor. Yet the tests cannot reject her: the Black Scale Stone is consumed by her blood, and the Blood Axe bows before her. As memories return, Elara learns her human life was a hiding place. Her mother, Queen Althea, sent her to land to protect her from Varric, the regent who murdered the royal family and seeks to control the Abyss through White Scale blood.While Noah launches a rescue and Kael struggles between duty and love, Varric turns land and sea against each other. Elara is poisoned, chained, betrayed, and forced to choose between the man she loved, the prince sworn to protect her, and a kingdom that fears her power. Refusing more sacrifice, she breaks her human seal, awakens her form, and commands the Abyss.In the final battle, Elara discovers Varric is her uncle. She turns the Blood Axe against him, releases the murdered White Scales, and condemns him to carry their pain. After bidding Noah farewell and rejecting Kael’s claim, Elara crowns herself queen—not as anyone’s bride, but as ruler of her own fate. Yet below, the Abyss eye opens.