Maya’S POVWalking upon the dry floor of the ocean, flanked by two monumental walls of saltwater rising a hundred feet high and held back by divine will alone, defied every sense of mortal reason. The seabed, carpeted in black sand, runic shells, and fossil coral, glowed with the violet light spilling from the Runic Sun upon my daughter’s back.At my side, Lawrence’s colossal frame strode forward like an iron titan. His massive arm curled around the fullness of my hip in a possessive, unyielding grip, while his free hand held our little son pressed to the broad, strength‑hardened wall of his bare chest. The silver tide in my King’s eyes scanned every black coral pillar of our path, ready to slaughter any threat that dared impede his pups’ baptism.“Keep the channel open, Maya,” Lawrence rumbled, his baritone voice resonating beneath the vault of water. “Should that ocean wall give way, I shall cleave the sea in two with my sword before I let a single drop touch my young.”“The waters
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