IndigoWaters
Kaia Rynn has spent her life surviving on the floating islands, diving the ruins of the drowned world for relics to trade. But diving isn't her only skill - she's a thief, nimble with her hands and unafraid to pickpocket the wealthy traders who would never spare her a coin otherwise. Orphaned young and raised by her sister Elara, Kaia has lived alone ever since Elara mysteriously vanished six years ago. The whispers say pirates took her. Kaia has never stopped searching.
One night, Kaia's thieving streak finally catches up with her. She's caught in the act by a sharp-eyed stranger - a man named Cassius Vale, who proves far more dangerous than he first seems. Instead of turning her in, Cassius strikes a deal: he'll keep her secret, if she helps him hunt down the pirates who stole his daughter.
Reluctantly, Kaia agrees. What begins as an uneasy alliance becomes a partnership built on shared scars. Their search takes them across the drifting islands and into the abyssal depths, where rival divers, ruthless merchants, and storm-lashed seas are the least of their dangers. Kaia and Cassius uncover fragments of the past - relics that hint at pirate strongholds, hidden maps, and even the fate of the family they lost.
But the closer they come to the truth, the more perilous their path becomes. The pirates rule the waters with blood and fire, and not all who vanish into their grasp come back the same.
As Kaia and Cassius navigate betrayal, discovery, and the growing bond between them, they must face the hardest truth of all: finding their family might not mean saving them.