PROLOGUE

Months after the Sinnoh League, Dawn can't shake the memory of Ash's ship disappearing beyond the horizon-or the silence that followed. When tragedy pulls him back into her life, their reunion unearths more than grief: guilt, betrayal, and a storm that threatens to drown them both. Between burned bridges, broken hearts, and a world unraveling under Giovanni's last stand, the question remains-can they find each other again before everything else falls apart?