Out Of My Depth

When he was seventeen, Xie Lian rescued a selkie pup - bandaging his wounds and giving him warm food and a place to sleep. When morning comes, the selkie is gone, leaving behind only a conch shell and the memory of a night with a small body pressed against his own.Now twenty-five, Xie Lian is a fisherman and healer, and he has all but forgotten the selkie he rescued that night. But when a storm hits, Xie Lian finds himself lost at sea and stuck in a sinking ship. He is rescued by an impossible figure in the water, and when he wakes up he finds himself greeted by a handsome young man: the now-grown seal pup, Hua Cheng.And this time, much to Xie Lian's delight, he stays.But for how long?