Shaun did his best to speak. He mouthed her name over and over again, trying to clear the debris that only thickened in his throat thanks to the cold.
“My Mate…” Mara whined as she slipped from his grasp.
His sadness only grew as her grasp slipped from his. Shaun groaned as more water splashed over him, hardening him further. The cold ocean splintered into his body terribly but he would endure it. Anything to watch Mara ascend into safety. He hoped she could understand one day, if judging by the scene unfolding above him that she would see another day. What looked like strands of hope in its truest form carried her and the others to safety, surrounded by all types of terrifying sea creatures who bashed into Ilmatar’s forces, they unsteadied her left and right. Their paths sent Fahy and
