Vampire164ever
Two loves changed the course of history-and then stepped aside.
Decades later, the world they shaped is beginning to strain.
Sela, raised far from the sea yet never free of its pull, has lived her life listening-to currents, to silences, to the spaces her family never spoke about.
Eryx, heir to laws forged in survival, understands the sea not as wonder, but as responsibility-something dangerous if left unmanaged.
When fractured underwater kingdoms begin to fail, their descendants are drawn toward the truth their grandparents paid for: separation was necessary, love was temporary, and legacy was never meant to be resolved by one generation alone.
Reunion is possible.
So is refusal.
But if the sea is to open again, it will demand more than blood.
A Tidelines Story: Confluence is a legacy novel about recognition over romance, repair without erasure, and the cost of choosing belonging when history refuses to be undone.
They weren't wrong.
They were early.
Setting: California (Sela), Florida (Eryx)
Era: 1919, 1922, & 1967