"You dare!"
The voice rolled like thunder across the seabed, so furious it sent whole reefs trembling and whales fleeing into the black. The ocean itself bent under its weight, the currents lashing violently, churning the battlefield into a storm of foam and shattered coral.
"Oh, so you decided to grace me with your presence, big sister?" Kraken's voice oozed with malice, every syllable heavy enough to crush the hearts of those still clinging to life. The venom in her tone manifested in reality: a fleeing merman's body ruptured mid-swim, torn into a cloud of flesh and blood.
The water went still for a heartbeat.
Then Leviathan appeared.
