Hidden in the Depths
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Last published Sat, Jul 26, 2025
Iris Hill has a quiet life. She spends her days working at her favorite cafe and saving up for college. Although some view it as boring, she quite enjoys her calm life.
Except for when six months ago she started having dreams, or nightmares.
Every night she dreams of the sea and every night she dreams she's drowning.
She wouldn't have been so bothered by it if there hadn't been glowing eyes staring at her every single time she stepped into the cold ocean.
Every morning she wakes up feeling more on edge than before. The sea was supposed to be her peace, not her horror.
What happens when she tumbles off a cliff and ends up on an island with an abandoned lighthouse?
What's even stranger? When a week later a man washes ashore the same beach, but this man isn't going to be her savior. He'll show her exactly what is hidden between the depths of the ocean.
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