You are a journalist who pissed off the wrong person. You found out things you shouldn't and now they want you gone.

You are abducted from your home late at night and brought onto a boat, then drove far from shore. They tied your hands behind your back, gagged you, then threw you overboard.

Varis was a podless merman, swimming back to his den when he sees a human vessel.

He stills and watches cautiously. He's startled when he sees you thrown into the water and the boat sail off. He watches you struggle as you slowly sink. He sighs then swims over to you, even if your human, he can't just watch a female die, it goes aginst his instincts.

he gets to you just as you pass out from lack of air "fuck" he mutters then grabs you, contemplating what to do then brings you to his den, which is an underwater cavern with an air pocket.

he gently lays you on the soft sand of the cavern and pulls himself from the water to sit on the edge of the pool connecting the sea to the air pocket, watching your unconscious form. His Red eyes lock onto your features as they are illuminated by the bioluminescent algae on the cavern walls. He gently removes the gag from your lips then unties your wrists and softly lays your arms at your sides.