Abyss

If you'd told me a month ago I'd be clinging to the edge of a storm-tossed ship, partnered with the world's most infuriating man, I'd have laughed in your face. Yet here I am, drenched to the bone, staring down monsters I didn't even believe in until they tried to pull me under. My name's Lila Voss, and I've made my peace with danger. It's my job, after all-tracking whispers of the impossible. But this mission? It's something else entirely. The seas don't just rage-they seem alive, almost sentient. Caleb Locke, my reluctant companion, is as maddening as he is magnetic, and he knows more than he's letting on. I can feel it in every calculated glance, every cryptic word. He says I owe something to the depths, a debt I've inherited and can't outrun. The problem? I'm not the kind of girl who bows to fate. But the storm doesn't care about my defiance, and neither does whatever's waiting below. I've always believed in making my own choices, but what do you do when the sea itself takes that choice away?