The luxurious room glowed with soft blue light that seemed to pulse with the rhythm of the sea.
There were no ordinary windows. Instead, the walls themselves were enormous panes of glass, and beyond them stretched an endless underwater world of turquoise water, drifting seaweed, and schools of colorful fish gliding past in perfect silence.
Seraphine stared in pure stunned amazement, heart hammering against her ribs. She rubbed her eyes hard, certain she had to be dreaming. She looked around desperately for Voren but the room was empty.
Maybe it really was a dream. She pinched a small fold of skin between two fingers and yelped out loud, the sharp sting flooding her with relief. "Ouch!"
"Are you alright?" Voren's deep voice came from behind her, thick with concern.
