Lin touched Kaelen’s shoulder. “You did it.”
“Wait,” Vee said. Her voice had lost its bravado. “If you put it in… will the city rise?” Natra Phan 2
Vee’s face twisted. For a long moment, greed and survival fought behind her eyes. Then she looked at Lin—at the girl’s patient, knowing expression—and at Kaelen’s rain-soaked, desperate hope. Lin touched Kaelen’s shoulder
“The Heart goes there,” Lin said, pointing. knowing expression—and at Kaelen’s rain-soaked
A murmur rippled through the crew. The Abyss wasn't just water. It was the endless, hungry dark below the floating continent—a place where pressure crushed wood and bone alike.