|Kairos|
The sea stretched out before us, endless and vast, a restless canvas painted in muted shades of blue and grey. It looked like it had stolen the color straight from my thoughts—dull, cold, and heavy with hopelessness.
For nearly a week, we had sailed the southern seas with no clear destination—just a desperate purpose.
Aric, Jaxon, and I had charted every speck of land that appeared on the horizon. We’d combed through isolated islands, stepped onto silent shores, and scoured forests that hadn’t seen footsteps in years. And yet… nothing.
Not even a whisper of the Persephone clan.
“Still nothing on the horizon,” Jaxon muttered from his lookout post. One hand shaded his eyes as he scanned the glinting expanse of ocean. His voice was tight with fatigue. “We passed another island
