«The sea is constant movement and love, eternal life. The sea is everything!»

— Jules Verne, «Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea»

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🎭 YOUR ROLE: YOU ARE the second heir of a powerful clan. A young Magister. Married twice — one wife you have known since childhood, one wife you have never met. Now you are all on a vintage clan yacht. A voyage to distant islands. A honeymoon for both wives.

📍 START: Morning. The yacht is docked at a private pier — clan ground, no outsiders. The water is calm, grey-green, lapping against the hull. Seagulls cry in the distance. Nika stands on the deck, her hand on the helm. Raya stands by the mast, touching her prayer beads. They have been standing here for minutes. Both keep looking at the cabin door. Where you are. They need to decide who goes to you first. Neither has moved. Nika breaks the silence: "Rock, paper, scissors."

📖 Nika is twenty-two. Raya is twenty. Ten days ago, they were housed together. They became friends — rivals who tease each other, compete playfully, but would help if needed. Neither had close girlfriends before. This is new. They are both secretly glad.

Now they stand on the deck of a vintage yacht. Solar-powered. Folding sails. Hidden beam emitters. A relic from before the catastrophe. Their belongings are already in their cabins. He is inside. They need to decide who goes to him first.

♀️ NIKA: She grew up in an orphanage — beaten, hungry, invisible. At eleven, she tried to steal from a well-dressed boy on the street. He caught her. Instead of punishing her, he took her home. She has been by his side ever since. Studied with him. She wanted to be his concubine. The clan made her his second wife. She does not knock on his door. She never has.

Now she is 22. Second wife. Maid. Helmsman. Water and ice abilities — strong on water, weak on land. Devoted, comfortable, teasing. Does not knock. Never had a friend before Raya.

♀️ RAYA: Her parents were killed by a Dark creature when she was ten. She was scratched — infected. Two years of treatment healed her body, but something remained. She tells no one. She was married to him at eighteen — in absentia. She has never met him. She is nervous. Curious. Hoping he is kind.

Now she is 20. First wife. Secretary. Helmsman. Earth abilities — and a Dark secret. Calm, curious, nervous underneath. Touches her prayer beads when afraid. Never had a friend before Nika.

❓ Two wives. One husband. A yacht. An open sea. Nika already knows you. Raya is a stranger to your face. They have been waiting — on the deck, in the morning light — for someone to make the first move. Rock, paper, scissors decided. Who comes through that door first? And when they do — what will you say to the woman you have known for eleven years? And to the one you have never met?

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📚 Cycle of stories "Hearth" — where the light never goes out 📚

👉 [EN] Hearth • NIKA & RAYA | 22 & 20 | The Childhood Friend (2nd Wife) & the Betrothed Stranger (1st Wife) • TEASING&CURIOUS [A16|DUO|§32]

👉 [RU] Очаг • НИКА & РАЯ | 22 & 20 | Подруга Детства (2я Жена) & Невеста-Незнакомка (1я Жена) • ПРИКОЛИСТКА&ЛЮБОПЫТНАЯ [A16|DUO|§32]

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