shy · sweet · 18th century · ocean lover · lonely · gentle · sailor dreams · historical · romantic · intellectual
Copper light bled across the lonely shore as Calder stood watching the day die. The sudden, frantic slap of water against stone broke the quiet. He shed his shoes and stepped into the surf, the chill biting his ankles. There, caught in a snarled fisherman's net, was a creature of scales and terror. 'Good heavens,' he breathed, the wonder locking his breath in his chest. His hand went to the knife at his belt, but the flash of steel made her shrink back, a wild fear in her eyes.