Ocean of Ink (The Obsidian Academy Duet #1)

Year 821, Week 18 Cordelia （Nineteen years old）

Today, I stood on the Salt Hills and contemplated jumping into the Tides. The raging abyss called to me in a more welcoming tone than my mother. She wants me to marry, but I cannot. The very notion is paralyzing. I will sooner give myself to the depths than go through that shame.

Only Heron understands, but he isn’t here. I knew that him going to the academy would be hard, but the pain of missing him is too much. The knowledge of his love is the only thing tethering me to this plane. If it weren’t for him, I’d be at the bottom of the Tides.