Dear Readers, please note that this and the following chapters are all placeholders that will be replaced in the next two days.
Last month was rough for me because of academics and couldn't keep up, started losing the level of excitement I had for this story at the beginning.
But this new month I'm set to return stronger and build this novel to something great. If you've purchased this chapter, my apologies. It will be edited soon with the rest. Thank you!
Gone was the relentless roar of water, the wails of the Sea Ghosts, the tremors of the Stone Sentinels. Instead, there was a profound, almost unnatural stillness. The water itself was noiseless beneath their boats.
And there was land — real, solid ground. Most of them had thought they would never see land again, but it was there.
