FaRoDays – 4

MALLORY DUNLIN

The Gardener and the Water-horse

Fleeing a dangerous wizard, Safira takes a job at a remote, sorcerous Spire in the center of a water-horse’s lake. She expects to be alone, but the elemental creature strikes a bargain with her: he’ll water her garden if she’ll talk to him.  He’s beautiful, naive, and hungry for companionship—but behind those ice-blue eyes is a merciless immortal. To touch a water-horse is to become his possession. If she lets herself follow the forbidden lure of his voice, not even a sorcerer can save her.   He says all he wants is the sound of her voice. The stories tell a different tale. Words won’t ever be enough.  And one way or another, he’ll have her.

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