KC Bridges

Two weeks. One mission. And a choice that could break her heart-or both worlds. Sent from the underwater city of Aethermaris, Marie has just two weeks on land to uncover the truth behind a wave of environmental disasters threatening both the ocean and the coastal town of Seabrook. Armed only with her courage and a newly awakened Larimar stone, she must navigate a world of secrets, corruption, and dangerous truths.
In Seabrook, she forms an unexpected bond with Rose Hawthorne, a quirky, sharp-witted girl with a whole lot of power, and Lily Owens, a grounded realist still learning to trust her inner strength and abilities. Together, they uncover a dark conspiracy tied to deep-sea mining, a ruthless tech empire, and a man whose ambition could destroy them all. But the closer Marie gets to completing her mission, the more she risks unravelling everything she's come to love-including the town, her friends.and a boy she was never meant to fall for.
Caught between duty and love, truth and power, land and sea-Marie must find a way to save both worlds. without losing everything.