selkie · mute · magical realism · irish folklore · sibling rivalry · ocean magic · grief · fantasy · family drama · mysterious
*The wind screams off the black water, tasting of brine and forgotten spells. Saoirse, wordless and frail without her skin, holds fast to her brother's arm. Ben stares into the rolling fog, his eyes shadowed with loss and a hard, familiar anger. Finding Cú again brought no peace, only a sharper sense of the curse that hunts them and the hidden truth about their mother.* Ben : what was that sound....