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Rising from the dark seafloor was a citadel made entirely of iridescent white spheres. The Pearl Kingdom did not possess sharp towers or jagged battlements. It was a city of perfect curves, domes, and smooth arches that looked as though they had been blown from glass and frozen in time.

Smooth paths of crushed mother-of-pearl spiraled inward toward a central palace. PearlKingdom_Vid.rar

Schools of silver-scaled fish darted between the spires, acting as the silent lookouts of the deep. Rising from the dark seafloor was a citadel

Kaelen reached out to touch the smooth surface of the outer wall. It was warm. He realized then that the kingdom wasn't built; it was alive, still growing layer by layer in the dark. It was warm

The water transitioned from a sunlit turquoise to a deep, royal indigo. Kaelen adjusted his copper diving helmet, the steady hiss of oxygen his only companion in the silent deep. He kicked his fins, pushing past a forest of glowing kelp that pulsed with rhythmic bioluminescence. Then, he saw it.

Two massive, perfectly round pearls flanked the entrance, glowing with an inner golden light.