*LUCAS* I watch as the mysterious siren walks back into the sea, slowly swallowed up by the foaming waves. She looks back up at me one last time before disappearing below the surface. As she leaves, I feel a strange pang in my gut… a ripping sensation, almost as if something has broken inside of me. What is happening to me? Nothing seems real, and yet everything seems real. I don’t understand it. My father was the person I could trust most in the world, and now I feel like I’m doubting him for the first time. I clutch my hair in my hands and let out a long, scream of frustration to the sea, letting it get swallowed up by the salty air. I’m not sure how much more of this I can take. I came down here thinking about ending it all… I’m so tired. I’m so… trapped. And yet, she appeared ag

