After a terrible accident takes most of her family and leaves her paralyzed from the waist down, nineteen year old Erin is now beholden to her young uncle Desmond, only a few years her senior. Weighed down both by guilt that he gave up his dreams to take care of her, and by what she perceives as her own utter uselessness, she escapes into her strangely lucid dreams of a beautiful ocean world called Emerrane, populated with griffins and other fantastic creatures and people. One night, she falls into a dream so real that she eventually has no choice but to believe that it is. And what luck--her uncle Desmond somehow manages to come along with her! Hailing from a small, backwater town, Leslyn makes his way to the king's city of Nilvar to build a better life, far away from the strife back home. But, before he even reaches his destination, he is caught stowing away on a prince's ship, a moonbrained girl mistakes him for her uncle, and he nearly gets eaten by a giant blue griffin who then holds a definite grudge over the whole ordeal. And it gets worse. Oh yes, a lot worse. They're all headed for the same destination, and thanks to Nilvar's strict laws over earning one's citizenship, it looks like he's going to be stuck with all three of them for several years to come. ** Currently updating on a M/F/Sat schedule. Cross-posted to RoyalRoad and AO3. ** Cover art by ttazo.
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