Black Waters

The wards are failing.And this time, Aidan Maldon is at the centre of the breach.As a Warden of the Abyssal Watch, Aidan knows the deep - the pulse of the magic, the signs of corruption, the cost of failure. So when sea witches strike near a weakening seal, he breaks protocol to save a life.That life is Wynter - a surface-dweller with strange magic the sea should reject.But the wards respond to her. The deep doesn't.As ruined seals crack and void-tainted creatures rise, Aidan is forced into a role he never wanted: protector, guide, and defender of a woman whose magic could either restore the ocean's balance… or break it beyond repair.With the council watching and the sea turning against them, Aidan must decide where his loyalty lies-With the laws of the deep.Or with the one person who might save it.