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- MGA BUMASA 128
- Mga Parte 25
When the Tideborn are forced to leave their sea caves beneath the chalk cliffs of England's south coast, they are sent to live-and learn-among land kids who know nothing of tides that remember names or skin that still tastes of salt.
Elliot Rowan was raised to endure the sea, not question it.
Matthew Hawthorne has lived by the water all his life without ever belonging to it.
Between classrooms, storm shelters, and quiet beaches, a bond forms that neither of them knows how to name-one that asks impossible questions about love, home, and what it means to choose a future without erasing the past.
As the sea calls its children back and time pulls them apart, every relationship is tested by distance, grief, and the slow understanding that some loves don't disappear-they wait.
A soft, melancholic coming-of-age story about land and water, memory and change, and the people we become when we are finally brave enough to choose.
Main Characters
Elliot Rowan
A Tideborn boy raised beneath the sea, bound by tradition and quiet devotion. Struggles between loyalty to his past and the future he secretly wants.
Matthew "Matt" Hawthorne
A land-born boy with an instinctive gentleness and an emotional steadiness that draws others in. Loves without strategy, even when it hurts.
Isla Meredith
A Tideborn girl defined by patience and emotional resilience. Knows when to hold on-and when to let go.
Jonah Vale
A Tideborn boy whose anger masks a deep fear of abandonment. Protective, reactive, and slowly learning how to soften.
Theo Ashley
An older land-born observer, already half-gone from the town. Represents what happens when you stay too long without choosing.
Trigger Warnings / Content Notes
* Slow-burn romance
* Emotional repression
* Separation / disappearance
* Grief and loss (non-graphic)
* Identity conflict
* Coming-of-age themes
* Mild angst
* Mentions of environmental collapse (non-explicit)
*(No explicit sexual content. Romance remains soft and emotional.)*