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În curs de desfăşurare, Prima publicare dec 16, 2019
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"Her voice was different than he imagined. Everything about her screamed delicate, a wisp through the trees, sea foam and smoke. But her voice was hard, stern like a chalkboard or a well placed knife. "

Connor returned to his birth country for the first time since childhood to attend his father's funeral and clear out his house. When his late father's friend shows up at the wake with a startled new bride, Connor can't help but feel uneasy. The locals whisper that she may be a selkie folk, a seal turned into an alluring woman. He doesn't believe them, of course, but there is something more to it than he understands. As he clears the cobwebs on his parents troubled relationship he can't help but find their story, and the story of the selkie folk cross in mysterious ways.
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