NoraMermaid

It was only when they'd completely cleared the surf mother and son allowed themselves rest. The young mother was so desparate to get her son away from the raging storm behind them she did not check to make sure no humans were on the beach. She had no doubt that anyone who happened to see them emerge from the waves would come to then thinking they were survivors from a shipwreck. The scaled fin that made up the lower half of their bodies would give away what they were. They were merfolk. Over the ages, humans and merfolk lived on Earth separate from each other. While humans dominated the land, mermaids ruled the seas and oceans of the world.