Prologue
Nessie roared at the fisherman, his hook embedded in her flank. She pushed her back against the boat’s keel, making it wobble dangerously from side to side. The man screamed and clung to the railing.
She needed to shift back and pull the hook out, otherwise, she'd accidentally bring the vessel down into the depths. The consequences weren't any she wanted to face. It would probably mean her time visiting the sea kelpies was well and truly done. They wouldn't keep her around if she broke the number one rule they all shared.
Don't let humans see a shifted kelpie.
It should have been simple, yet here she was trapped on a fisherman's line.
Again.
She took a deep breath, filling her lungs with the salty sting of sea water. Forcing her muscles to relax, she pulled her human self to
