THE LOST TIDE KING
Tsukiko turned her pale eyes toward me.
"The place beneath the sea."
Raiken stepped closer. "The second gate?"
"Deeper."
Hayate's jaw tightened. "Can you find her?"
Tsukiko knelt beside the leather cases and opened one. Inside lay old papers, stone tablets, dried flowers, and several narrow glass bottles filled with black sand.
"Finding her is not the difficulty."
She placed a folded map on the bed.
The paper opened by itself.
Silvercrest appeared in faded ink. The risen kingdom occupied the bay. Beneath it, thin red lines spread downward through the ocean floor.