My Croc Only Wants One Master

Elena expected the gentle Merfolk she ordered, but instead Twelve, a mysterious black-scaled Shifter, appears at her door. Though he carries a dangerous aura and a painful past, she still lets him stay, and the distance between them slowly turns into an unexpected connection. A month later, Silas—the beautiful, affectionate Merfolk Elena originally wanted—finally arrives. Then Elena learns the truth: Twelve is actually an escaped Black Croc experimental subject being hunted through the city. As the threat draws nearer, tension rises and jealousy begins to spark between the two Shift