The situation in Portorosso is dire. The once peaceful town is now ruled with an iron fist by Visconti Mercenaries. Led by Ercole Visconti, hunts for Sea Monsters are spreading. There is no place left for them to hide. But not all is lost. Sea Monsters are gathering in great numbers to end this terror. But will it be enough to bring down the Visconti empire? Luca, Alberto, Giulia, Mattias, and Eshe find themselves tangled in a political web of life and death. Preparations for battle lead to one dangerous task after another, alliances are made - only to be broken, and the past returns to haunt them all. But this time, it will reopen old wounds so terrible, it might rip them apart. "The choice was made for me a long time ago. To save them... I will betray them-and I will tear out my own heart by doing it." Book 3 of the Luca series (Book 1 "Storm and Sea," Book 2 "Hurricane") The song that inspired this story is "Without You" by: Ursine Vulpine & Annaca WARNING!!! BY READING TRIGGER WARNINGS, YOU ARE CONSENTING TO SPOILERS!!! TW (There will be no warning for these triggers) - Violence - Gore - Death - Destruction - Trauma - Torture - Explicit language - Blood - Homophobia - Emotional Trauma - PTSD - Almost SA situations - PDA - Sexual Language - Sexually explicit scenes (There will be a warning before these triggers as well as skip points with summaries) - SA - The R-word that shares the first three letters with Raptor - Unaliving oneself