Mar^ina is a mermaid who will turn to foam in thirty d^--=ays` *#@w*#ith+#out true` love's kiss. /\She tore h:![er t!)-ail apa.,?+r
=)t for +*,Damien!_. Day.- tw[ enty-seven—n!@.@o ` kis;
[-s. Damien kissed [ anothe%_r wo%#man in front o:%f her. He gave h([er soul-sc*+a $le to, Va@)=`nessa as a *#nec*_klace, and her heart-[-pe]arl—her o? #nly way home—as a-$$n`  ^an*klet. Marin#.a t,;!ook everythi+ ng back.-$] On o,pening night, she emptie? []d every? $,case of his s!;_tolen jewels_ _. She r%%+eclaime+d=#: t-*he t-ide+@-b racelet,] ` the+$@ so[=\ul--s_( $@cale, a/(+nd finally the^#! li#? *fe she_? stole @ from death f=,or him. D(+/!amien`!] di_
ssolved in`( to white foa=(m, swept away b**y :/the tide.
` And Eli—who ga,\?ve$[% up his voi@c_[;e t / :_o fi
$nd her—u$)sed his r-e$-turned voice to ]wh=(isper: “Wel!come?* \^home.”