Beatrice Chapter 1 - A Mist Wraith

In which the fair and resolute Beatrice Granger contemplates the stillness of the mist-veiled sea on her twenty-second birthday, reflecting on the passage of seven years since the haunting night of the "death fog" and the dreams that have yet to be realised. Amidst thoughts of past sorrow and quiet longing, a sudden vision in the water conjures a poignant remembrance of her mother, stirring the heart with a mixture of wonder and melancholy.