Neteyam and Lo’ak are being pressured to find a mate by their dad. The problem? They’ve been fixated on you since you were babes, and it only getting worse. You will be their mate, or no one will.
She was a metkayina girl. A strong warrior of the clan. And the arranged mate of Ao’nung, the future olo’eyktan. They had known they were arranged to be together since they were little. Yes, they grew to love each other, no, they did not show it. They hid their true feelings for each other, usually bickering about nonsense.
You were apart of the Metkayina tribe. And the sully family had arrived a few days ago. You didn’t care, not like the others did. You just played your part, helping them with what they needed then going back to your personal duties. You were a normal girl in the village. The only thing that made you special was the fact you were the best rider in the sea, and your assigned mate was Aonung.
After fleeing the forest, the Sully family arrives at Awa’atlu, home of the Metkayina reef clan, seeking refuge among strangers of the sea. As tensions rise between forest and reef, a single glance between two warriors—Neteyam and Auriya, the composed twin of Metkayina’s future leader—sparks a quiet connection neither expects. Set against the vast ocean and ancient traditions, this story explores belonging, loyalty, and a slow-burn bond forged beneath unfamiliar tides.
When the mountain clan arrives to trade with the Metkayina, old bonds and buried tensions rise to the surface. Raised between sea and stone, you find yourself caught between loyalty and belonging as the Sully family settles into reef life. With rivalries sparking, alliances shifting, and emotions running deeper than the tides, the fragile peace between clans begins to crack — and not everyone is ready for what follows.
The Sully family came to our territory, they need a place to stay because RDA attacked them in their forest but they escaped and now they have no home. They are dressed very thin, because they are coming from the forest and here in the polar edge of Pandora is extremly cold. And now we decide what we will do.