Chapter 1

The ferry capsized, and my sister and I both plunged into the frigid ocean.

I fought with every ounce of strength I had to keep her head above the surface. By the time our mother arrived, my limbs were leaden and the dark waves were already pulling me under.

Eleanor snatched Seraphina up, ignoring me completely as I began to sink into the abyss.

I begged her to save me, but she glared down with impatient eyes. "Are you kidding me? You know how to swim, so stop acting out for attention! Do you have any idea how close your sister just came to drowning?"

She carried Seraphina away, retreating further into the distance.

In the end, I died in that vast, empty sea.

Yet, once the news of my death reached her, my mother went insane.