Undertow: A Gay Merman Shifter Paranormal Academy Romance (Widdershins Academy Book 5)

Nerion is a siren whose voice is both a sanctuary and a death sentence. Gifted with the power to heal and destroy, he has spent his time at Widdershins Academy carefully isolated, shielding himself from the hollow promises of mortals. For Nerion, romance is a dangerous gamble: sirens are biologically tethered to their partners’ devotion. If that love wanes, the siren dissolves into nothingness. He has been burned before, and he has no intention of fading into seafoam again. Enter Theodore Voss—the quintessential golden boy. As a varsity swimmer and a high-achieving witch, Teddy’s life is a rigid choreography of family expectations and Olympic ambitions. But when a late-night encounter at the academy pool leaves him ensnared by more than just proximity, the wall between them begins to crumble. What starts as a fleeting Halloween fling quickly spirals into a connection that threatens to upend their carefully constructed worlds. While Teddy fights to prove that his affection is real—untouched by siren magic and unshackled by his father’s shadow—Nerion must decide if he is brave enough to risk everything. In this high-stakes romance, can a siren trust a witch who has never been allowed to be himself?