Chương 49: [Volume 1] Chapter 49- Trap.

Esme stood there, her expression composed, but her mind was racing, flooded with memories and frustrations she couldn't voice aloud.

The laws of this world provide mers with strong security, and when there is a mer and a woman involved, there is a 90 percent chance that the law will declare the woman wrong.

It was always the same, wasn't it? Even when mers like him did wrong—when they assaulted or tried to force themselves on women—it was the women who had to suffer too. People didn't get it, didn't understand how much it hurt. Only those who lived through it knew the depth of that suffering.