"Are you sure you're ready for this?" Alessio asked me.
I hesitated for just a moment before answering.
"Yeah," I said. "Besides, we're literally already here."
As soon as I had read the note that Marina left me, I was ready to go and face everything. I kept thinking that if only I had gotten that letter sooner... If only I had read it as soon as Dad gave it to me... Maybe some of this could have been avoided.
Then I thought about Pearl. I thought about the pregnant Mermaid from outside the city. I thought about the ties that Irya taught me about the history of our people, and how to use my powers.
I don't regret the way that things turned out. Maybe Adella a bit. If I could have avoided ever knowing who that ska.nk was, that would have been great. Everything else... I feel like it wa
