Lake of sorrows

Deep within the cypress-choked Blackwood Bayou lies the Lake of Sorrows, a place where the water tastes of copper and salt. Marrow-Anne, a sea witch cursed with impenetrable, scaled alligator skin, guards the sunken treasures of a thousand drowned sailors. When a band of desperate mercenaries led by a rogue explorer ventures into the swamp to steal her "Heart of Tides", the hunt becomes a nightmare. This is no mere adventure; it is a claustrophobic descent into a world of tooth and scale. Marrow-Anne isn’t just protecting her hoard—she is feeding the ancient, hungry things that dwell beneath her skin.