The Selkie (27 page)

eager shaft.

Maggie felt him penetrate her, and like a bolt of lightning, his energy shot up through her core, searing her with his undying love. She felt complete, utterly at one with Calan.

She was selkie.

*

As she headed back to her home, Liz suddenly felt the urge to look back at the young lovers. She craned her head, her gaze scanning the water’s edge, but didn’t see them.

Only two seal heads bobbing in the water at her. One large one, one smaller, with distinctive auburn streaks to its pelt that shone under the moonlight. They seemed to stare back at her for a moment, and then swam away.

At first, her heart felt heavy, but then, she realized it was just as Nora would have wanted.

“
Besides,
”
she told herself as she walked with a new spring in her step,
“
something tells me I’ll see those two again.
”

The End

About the Author

Rosanna Leo has her degree in history and literature, as well as in classical singing. She currently resides in Toronto, Canada. Her favorite things are her family, libraries, and her mother's gnocchi. Rosanna loves it when the geeky, awkward girl gets the hot guy, and has made it her mission to see this happen in her books as much as possible. Sweet Hell is her third book published with Liquid Silver Books. She is also the author of For the Love of a God and Up in Flames.