For all that she had ever heard about the ocean being a soothing thing no sooner had Temperance breeched it’s waves that she immediately began to panic. No occasion in her life had equipped her for actually being in the sea and she sank like the proverbial lead balloon for a few seconds as surprise rendered her immobile.

The unexpected though was no match for her iron will in the face of logic and reason – by the laws of both she ought to drown but instead, despite having no reason to do so beyond divine intervention, she kicked her legs, flailed her arms and somehow found air again.

It was only a brief respite.

She tried to blink the salt from her eyes, gulped air like a madwoman and managed to gasp out “can’t…swim...” before her strength gave out and she sank again, heavier this time now that her dress was truly soaked, and in the midst of her panic she wondered whether this had been the Lord’s intent all along.

Was it truly his will that she would die without a single one of her loved ones nearby?

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Wonderful set by Lady <3