Blackwater Islands with no defenses but your defenses

they'd made it to this place of ancestral origin. ava had hoped for some profound feeling when she crested the last wave to the beach - but instead, all she felt was exhaustion.

her siblings would be nearby. ava took the moment to rest against the swash line. her mind drifted to back home in rivenwood - wondering how mama was doing, and if she too felt this strange twist like a fang lodged in her heart.