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v]e falling int !o the!(^` ha/)n@d; s of Kael?=?, (\a ruthl/ ess S[?iren_!/^ king who eats li\a(-rs] !, El)!,ena l]ies—claiming( to be  ./his l
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_t fianc,`^ée. Surprising? ever; yone,  Kae^]+l’s five_@ ;-yea\ _ r-old son, Luci/an,=) ?i+= nstan$tly accepts he;
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es, -/El]]ena ri$!-sks everyt;hing to protect them, unloc[$@=kin\`]g a shocking tr($uth: she isn'(^`t an impostor. F*:[ive years ago $, she was Kael’s true* mate, w;h, $o sacri ficed he !r memory to save him $(]*during_ a c-atastrophic rift e#xplo#%si]$on. W ?i:th their mem(`ories restored and e*
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d, Kae)l l\-!eav?:*.\es the underwat: er -/$thro ! ne ,behi.-)n+$\d to reu:nit:e with Elena on land, finally completing their family.