To step onto the shore, she must walk on shattered glass. To win his heart, she must do it in silence.
Beneath the sunlit coral spires of her father's kingdom, Elania has always been a prisoner of royal expectation. But when she breaks the ancient laws of the deep to save a drowning human prince, she discovers a love fierce enough to rewrite her destiny. To walk the surface and stand by his side, she trades her crystalline voice for human legs-a bargain that turns every step on dry land into the excruciating agony of walking on a field of swords. Voiceless and suffering, Elara must transform from a sheltered princess into a survivor, learning to fight for her place in a treacherous human court that only values what it can hear, and proving that true strength lies not in a song, but in the relentless will to endure.
Prince Kaiden survived the tempest, but he left his soul in the black water. Haunted by the phantom melody of the girl who pulled him from the abyss, he is an heir trapped between the crushing political duties of his crown and a blinding obsession with a savior he cannot find. When a silent, captivating refugee arrives at his estate, Caspian is unexpectedly drawn to her fierce resilience and quiet understanding. Yet, desperate to fulfill the fairytale of his own rescue, Caspian must battle his stubborn illusions to realize that the love he is searching for isn't a perfect echo in the wind-it's the broken girl silently bleeding for his affection right before his eyes.
Deep within the crushing pressure of the midnight zone, a forgotten monster waits to pull the strings. The Sea Witch has spent half a century nursing a shattered heart, weaponizing her grief into a masterpiece of revenge against the royal family who cast her into the dark. Masterminding a deadly game of stolen voices, neighboring princesses, and beautiful lies, she intends to break Elara's spirit just as her own was broken decades ago. But as her trap snaps shut, the Witch-consumed entirely by the ghosts of her past-will discover that trauma cannot be cured by inflicting it on others, and that the most carefully orchestrated vengeance can be undone by a silent girl with nothing left to lose.
