AUTHOR’S POV
IN THE OCEAN
Nerida stood frozen, her mind refusing to process the horror unfolding before her eyes, while Marina and Nerissa crumbled to the floor, their hearts breaking as Searus took his last breath in their arms.
For a moment, the world stood still, the only sound being the guttural disbelieving screams of a mother watching her son's life slip away and a wife listening to her husband's last breaths. Then, as if broken free from a spell, Nerida rushed to them, dropping beside them. Everything around them blurred—the anguished faces, the swirling water, and the distant shouts. They could only see Searus, his chest still and his eyes dimming as he took his final, shuddering breath in their arms.
Nerissa's raw and desperate voice echoed through the water as she begged him
