Hotel maid Evelyn spent one night with childless Merman King Lucian, only for her stepsister to take credit for it. Needing surgery funds for her aging caretaker, she is branded a gold‑digger by Lucian and becomes his secret lover. After conceiving the mer realm’s long‑awaited thousand‑year heir, the two kings discover she is the real Tidebound — Seraphina, the goddess whose ancient curse ignited their millennium‑long feud.