To be loved by a water-horse is to be possessed by him utterly.

Safira sacrificed everything to be free. A remote, sorcerous Spire seems like an excellent hiding place from the wizard who wants to reclaim her. She's had enough of beautiful, powerful men. Being lonely is better.

But the Spire is encircled by a lake, and the water-horse is fascinated by Safira. After a century of silence, the sound of her voice is an impossible lure to resist. When a drought means Safira needs water for her ...
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To be loved by a water-horse is to be possessed by him utterly.

Safira sacrificed everything to be free. A remote, sorcerous Spire seems like an excellent hiding place from the wizard who wants to reclaim her. She's had enough of beautiful, powerful men. Being lonely is better.

But the Spire is encircled by a lake, and the water-horse is fascinated by Safira. After a century of silence, the sound of her voice is an impossible lure to resist. When a drought means Safira needs water for her garden, the water-horse offers her a deal she can't refuse: water for conversation.

Despite her own fear and the stories of water-horses stealing lovers, Safira is drawn to the alluring stranger. Yet every step towards affection brings with it danger. Water never gives up the things it claims, and Celyn's possessiveness grows with every shared intimacy.

When the wizard hunting her and the water-horse luring her clash, Safira has the chance to claim freedom in truth—or to throw herself into the dep
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