EPISODE 32 - BENEATH THE SIRENS' CROWN

(POV Aileen) We're wrapped once more in that familiar blue glow, inside a vast hall where every sound feels muted. A few stray bubbles drift lazily through the water. The ceilings rise impossibly high. The walls are so transparent they seem to dissolve into the ocean beyond. And at the far end— I've never seen a throne like this. Two enormous oysters stand open, each cradling a bed of soft cushions. Seated upon them are the Sovereigns: King Nèilos and Queen Selìna. Their features are so refined, so impossibly beautiful, they barely seem real. It's impossible to guess their age. They look young— but they might be ancient. The King's long, wavy hair shimmers in shades of sky-blue, his eyes a deep topaz. His torso is powerful, sculpted, crowned by a circlet of white gold set with brilliant…