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Voice Beneath the Tide
Relentless storms drive Tendrul from the open sea and into the calm waters of a secluded cove. Hidden beneath the waves, he finds something he has spent much of his life avoiding: someone who might notice him. Wren returns to the shoreline each evening. At first, Tendrul only watches. Then a few words across the water become conversations, and conversations become a friendship neither expected. She knows his voice, his thoughts and the parts of himself he has dared to share. She does not know what waits beneath the surface. When Moros discovers their friendship, the old Sea Code leaves no room for compromise. Land and sea are meant to remain apart, and Moros is determined to protect that boundary before either of them pays the price for crossing it. Tendrul can retreat beneath the waves and remain the voice Wren trusts, or risk being seen as everything he fears she will see.