It told me once that it came from the distant void of space where stars lived and die but now, it found itself slumbering within the depths of earth's ocean, a being once worshipped by elder gods now better left forgotten. Teetering on the verge of waking but not quite, not yet... something that has fallen but never dies continues to wait till the oceans run dry so it may rise once more, till the sun extinguishes itself and all life ceases to exist in this world.

It dreams of horrible, hopeful dreams. 

For this is the way of things beyond life on earth that should have died but failed to stay dead. For as long they still retain their will to exist, to live and still have bodies–however scattered, buried or broken–they would still remain in this world.
 
…Until even death may die.

What Lies Beneath the Sea is created by Ataraxia, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

What Lies Beneath the Sea

"These things do not happen in dreams, dear girl... they only happen in nightmares." 


Dr. Li-Am Song was still in the hospital when he received the inevitable call from the police. It had been a year since he had last since his only child and older sister–both had gone missing.


No sign of a break-in or any sort of struggle appeared to have happened in Lee's home, let alone anything in or anywhere near around her property had been found, according to the authorities, which left more questions than answers–it was as though the two of them have been spirited away days before Li-Am had even came back to pick up his daughter. 


Chapter 28: Still waters run deep (part 1)