Samantha is one of the most complex and tragic figures in the novel. She is Amelia’s former friend, a princess of Atlantis, and a young woman whose ambition and manipulation make her a formidable antagonist. Her story is one of gradual corruption, possession, and ultimately, a fragile redemption.
Samantha is first revealed through Jet Mir’s confession: she destroyed an ancient tablet in the Temple of Young Maidens, a priceless historical artifact, while Amelia was already devastated by the loss of her family. Jet Mir witnessed the crime and used hypnosis to avoid detection, but Samantha discovered his secret and begged him to stay silent. She offered to help him win Amelia’s friendship in exchange for his silence, a calculated manipulation that reveals her cold pragmatism.
Samantha’s relationship with Amelia was built on deception. She used their friendship to manipulate Amelia’s missions, gradually losing interest in the friendship and avoiding helping with her tasks. Lumina had warned Amelia from the start, but Amelia chose to trust Samantha anyway. The betrayal leaves Amelia heartbroken and furious, and the revelation of Samantha’s true nature is a turning point in Amelia’s emotional journey.
Samantha’s family is complicated. Her mother, Queen Estella, is deceased. Her father is King Amadeus, who married Donna Calida as his second wife, producing corrupt stepbrothers Dominic and Dorian. She also has blood brothers Augustus and Silas, though she claimed to have only three brothers, rattling off four inconsistent names—Fabritius, Neptunus, Vinicius, and a fourth unnamed—to cover her tracks. Later, Amelia, Portia, and Justus pieced it together: Neptunus and Vinicius were likely fake names corresponding to Silas and either Dominic or Dorian, while Augustus was the deliberately omitted “missing” brother. Samantha excluded him because mentioning him would reveal the king’s identity and his adoptive status, a rejection that deeply wounds him.
In the final confrontation, Samantha is revealed to be possessed by Delphina through a cursed necklace. Delphina has been driving her actions—the destruction of the tablet, the master plan to raise Atlantis, and the manipulation of Amelia. Samantha wrote the script for the play at Destiny’s Theater, recognizing Tikalie’s style, and she reveals her master plan: at midnight, Atlantis’s three rings will emerge above the water’s surface, revealing the mermaid world to humans. This act would constitute mass murder, and Tikalie warns that the Global Ocean Council will execute her for it.
When Delphina is expelled from Lumina’s body, the force rebounds and strikes Samantha. She collapses, and Silas confirms she isn’t dead because her tail hasn’t transformed to legs. They gather red algae to wake her. When she wakes, Samantha remembers nothing after finding the necklace—she was an innocent pawn of Delphina’s ancient malice. Her memory loss is a kind of redemption, freeing her from the guilt of actions she did not consciously choose. Samantha is a tragic figure: a young woman whose ambition and vulnerability made her the perfect vessel for an ancient evil, and whose eventual freedom offers the possibility of a new beginning.
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