After the Tide

Book #2 of the Tides Trilogy

Four years ago, Nova and Victor stood at the edge of the Ember Sea and rewrote destiny. Tide and flame, heart and soul - their love burned through the impossible.

But magic doesn't keep the world spinning.

Now in their final year of college, Nova and Victor live separate lives in different cities, connected only by memories and a silence too heavy to break. Time and distance - and the pressure of becoming who everyone expects them to be - have pushed them apart.

Nova is studying marine arcana, training to become a global ambassador of the tide. Victor studies elemental theory, suppressing his flame so it won't consume him - or remind him of her. Neither of them speaks about the kiss that changed everything. Or the slow fade that followed.

When strange tides rise again in Seabrook - bringing visions, broken sky signs, and echoes of an ancient pull - they are forced to return home. But the place that once united them now feels unfamiliar. And so do they.

As the Ember Sea calls once more, Nova and Victor must face what was left unsaid. Regrets. Longing. The truth of what love meant - and what it couldn't withstand.

But fate, like the tide, doesn't always return what it takes.

Because some loves don't burn out...
They just drift away.