The Savage Beasts Only Crave My Touch

Jiang Mian, an ostracized assistant in a sinister, deep-sea research institute, dedicates his life to his late adoptive father's forbidden mermaid research. His already fragile world shatters when the institute captures Rapace, the legendary, bloodthirsty king of merfolk—a colossal apex predator infamous for wiping out entire fleets and fiercely xenophobic against humans. Trapped and gravely wounded, the creature thrashes, defying all containment. Yet, despite Rapace's untameable fury, no one can get near the magnificent, terrifying beast. Only Jiang Mian, with his inexplicable, almost instinctual connection to water and mermaids, finds himself drawn to the imprisoned creature. Desperate to protect his father's legacy and ensure the merfolk king's survival, he offers his unique, gentle touch and forgotten knowledge to care for it, risking brutal reprisal from both the institution and the creature itself. As Jiang Mian tends to the savage king's wounds, a dark, primal possessiveness awakens within Rapace. His fierce eyes, once full of hatred, now track Jiang Mian's every move, demanding his presence, his touch. What terrifying, fated bond is forming between the fragile human and the untamed monarch, and what will this apex predator demand in return for allowing Jiang Mian's exclusive proximity?