๐ Bonus Scene
Tea for the Selkie
Rowan
The door only opens for people who are lost in the right way. She arrived soaked to the bone, apologizing to the umbrella she had abandoned to the wind.
I made her tea because that is what my grandmother taught me: when the old magic sends you someone, you do not ask questions until the kettle has boiled.
By the second cup she had stopped shivering. By the third she had told me her true name. Some doors, once opened, are very difficult to close.
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