The castle halls echoed with the gentle flow of the ocean current, its rhythmic pulse a constant reminder of the life that thrived beneath the waves. Morvina had always found solace in the patterns of the sea, but tonight, her thoughts were like turbulent tides—unpredictable, chaotic, and filled with uncertainty.
As she entered the grand foyer, her daughter Aceline greeted her with a hopeful smile. "Mother, you're back! What happened at the royal hearing?"
Morvina barely glanced at her daughter, her eyes distant as she drifted through the doorway. Her thoughts were consumed with the potential ramifications of the hearing. Should they conduct the blood test to confirm Diana's lineage to Clan Leviathis? The risk was enormous—for if Diana's claim proved true, Aceline would be stripped of h
