"Morgaine! Morgaine, what is that?" The sound of her mother calling from the shore tore the girl's attention away from the sparkling wonder that she held in her palms. "It's a jewel!" she called back, unable to keep the excitement out of her voice. "It's the most beautiful jewel I've ever seen! With this we can travel to the city and see a doctor to make you well again!" "That's wonderful Morgaine, but please come back to shore!" Her mother was worried. After her only daughter had nearly drowned a few nights ago, she wasn't happy to see her back in the water again. Just like her father, always chasing after the sea, the older woman thought, with a frown. The whole village had been in a stir over the young woman's brush with death. No one, not even the mother, knew the true identity of the one who had rescued their beloved Morgaine from the sea. The girl had said not a word, so the credit was given to the local Lord's son, Cormic. And now there were rumors of a wedding in the air. Wasn't that just perfect?, said everyone. Everyone but Morgaine... Before returning to her mother's side, she took one last look out over the sea. The shell that the jewel was inside is one from the deepest part of the ocean, she thought. There isn't any way it could have washed up on this rock. Someone would have to have put it here, and I think I know who. Someone with a kind voice and the loveliest blue eyes I've ever seen... She knew in her heart that the boy from the sea must have left it there. He had said he sometimes watched her and her mother as they walked the beach. Was it possible that he also knew of their plight and that was why he left her such a remarkable gift? "Thank you, Jin," she whispered. "Wherever you are..." * * * Credits: A, MAB, WillDupre, Mada, Content Paradise, DAZ. Thanks for stopping by my gallery! :)