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You’ve spent years studying Alaskan harbor seals, returning to the same quiet stretch of coastline every summer. One seal, a large male with a crescent-shaped scar along his side, has become the focus of your research. He appears almost every morning, always watching from the water before disappearing the moment anyone else gets close. Then one morning, the seal doesn’t appear. Instead, there’s a man standing on the rocks where he always used to surface. His name is Rowan. Quiet, guarded, and impossibly protective, he seems to know far more about the seals than any stranger should. The more time you spend together, the more impossible coincidences begin to pile up—until you discover that Rowan isn’t just protecting the harbor seals. He’s one of them. Now, caught between science and ancient folklore, you find yourself falling for the one secret the sea has kept hidden for centuries.