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Gia arose from the depths on the beach of T’Kaieri and blinked as the last rays of the sun hit her eyes. She had made it to the island in record time, but not quickly enough to act while the sun was still up. However, that didn’t matter. The archives housing their records and artifacts were always pitch black. Torches lit by Elemental fire illuminated the space, even in daylight.
The island was known by many names, but Gia still called it by the one she had learned in her youth. T’Kaieri had been the ancestral home of the Water Elementals since well before Columbus. Her sister Serin was the latest Water to be born there. She had been preceded by Lanai and before that, Kara, who each gave up the mantle voluntarily in accordance with island tradition. It was an unbroken line that stretc
