Mortal Coexistence is written in a poetic, lyrical format- meaning the story flows without traditional quotation marks around dialogue. This is intentional. The goal is immersion: dialogue, thought, memory, and emotion blending together like poetry, inviting the reader to feel the atmosphere as much as they follow the plot. A dark romantasy / mythical fantasy set in a world where Gods control mortal lives , Mortal Coexistence follows Nerissa , a young Goddess and princess of the Littoral Lands. Sheltered and lied to by her family, living inside a rigid immortal hierarchy, Nerissa begins to uncover the cracks beneath divine rule—political unrest, forbidden choices, and truths powerful enough to break entire systems while navigating love and friendship, sorting through family ties, trying to uncover truth in a world of lies. As tensions rise between immortals, humans, and the Selkie people of the sea, Nerissa is pulled toward a decision that could alter the fate of the world itself. A story of survival, control, identity, and autonomy—where trust is fragile, obedience is tradition, and freedom comes with a cost. Intro: I was born a Goddess, but never free. Sheltered in a post-apocalyptic slice of earth built on lies, I live beneath my father’s rule—a King with the Gods-given power to command body and soul. He longs for my gifts to awaken. I long only for freedom, for truth, for the family I have never known. But one twisted truth will shatter everything I believe and set me on the most dangerous path of my life. --- Nerissa, young Goddess and princess of the Littoral Lands, must navigate a world where immortal Gods rule over both humans and the Selkie people of the sea—a land bound by years of fear and endless games of kings and queens. Her passions and curiosities are met with silence and punishment, but her search for answers will ignite a journey that changes not only her fate, but the fate of the world she was born to inherit. Mortal Coexistence is Nerissa’s beginning: her fight for truth, her search for love and meaning, and her rise to become who she was always meant to be. That is where the true magic lies.