Hope.
That single emotion remained with Seraphina long after Jax disappeared through the entrance of her residence.
For months, she had forced herself not to think too deeply about returning home after being captured by the Church.
Not because she had forgotten the Merfolk Kingdom. In fact, he opposite was true.
Seraphina remembered everything. The endless blue waters surrounding the royal palace. The gardens of living coral where she had spent countless hours as a child.
The great crystal towers stretching upward through the ocean, their surfaces reflecting sunlight from hundreds of meters above.
She remembered the members of her family, their voices, their smiles. and how welcoming they were
The way they would undoubtedly worry whenever she disappeared for even a few hours without informing anyone, and that had been before she vanished completely.
It had been so long, but now she had hope she'd reunite with them.
