CHAPTER 15
“Do you have it back?”
“Not yet, mother. I’m working on it.”
“You shouldn’t be here without it. It’s a disgrace.”
Slowly, Macey woke to the sound of voices. The sun was warming her face, and judging from its position, it had to be at least late morning.
“You’ll never find a girl without your skin,” the unfamiliar woman said in the distance. Her voice was shrill and unpleasant, and Macey was tempted to throw some water magic at her to shut her up.
“I’ve found one already, mother, and she-“
“A kelpie.” The woman’s voice quivered with disgust. “Of course one of those would accept a selkie man without his skin. No standards, those kelpies. They probably w***e around with anyone.”
“Mother!” Rónán admonished her loudly. “She saved us all. She killed the Orca. You’d likely not
