I Will Kill the Sea

I can hear this world's cries.

Every person is an island.

Every emotion is a tide that threatens to drown me.

I thought that if I stayed quiet enough, far enough from the crowds, I could survive.

But when that tide swept across the entire city,

I finally realized

that deep beneath the sea,

something was awakening.

It was calling my name.

It said, You will one day sit upon that throne.

It said, This is your destiny.

I don't believe in destiny.

I only want to protect the things I haven't lost yet.

Even if, in the end, I discover that...

I am the reason it all came crashing down.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.