Runa clutched Fiadh's hand in her own as they navigated the narrow deer trail to her small hut. Her heart hammered in her chest as her mind

Fiadh felt naked without her seal coat. Stripped of her freedom and her history...

Rúna crouched in the tall grass. The soft golden glow of morning just a sliver on the horizon, she knew she had to think quickly...

Rúna could taste blood. Thick and cloying it clung to her nose, her blade, her armor.

The feeling of the gentle press of Rúna’s lips stayed with Fiadh long after they had said their farewells and parted ways the following...

Loneliness had always been a close companion of Rúna's. It had first made itself known when Rúna was a child, as Rúna began to realize...

"Why haven't you taken it?" Fiadh had waited all winter to return to the rocky shore and the small cove where the strange human woman had...

The second time she saw her, her heart leapt into her throat and took up residence. Rúna* was never what her parents expected of her....