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A young midwife (Briony) is pressured to help a foreigner(Santiago) recover from an injury after he and his ship are marooned upon the shores of her village. She develops an attraction to Santiago, but he seems to be hiding secrets from her. Meanwhile, she is also trying to determine the mysteries behind her own family background (she is illegitimate and her mother passed away a year before). As she and Santiago grow closer, their secrets threaten to rip them apart. Then a stranger(Niall) arrives in her village with ties to her past. She later comes to learn this stranger is a selkie—and so is she. Niall has fallen in love with her and intends to take her back to the sea with him after exacting revenge upon the village for killing her father. Briony is conflicted about what to do, but she ultimately decides to defend her village despite how mistreated she has been for being illegitimate. She unlocks how to use her own selkie powers to protect the people from Niall, but before she and Santiago can have a future together, he is held at gunpoint by his ship’s captain and forced to leave. Santiago is actually on the run from the Portuguese government after being framed for participating in an assassination attempt on the country’s king. The Portuguese navy catches up with Santiago and the ship’s captain (the one who actually framed Santiago), and the navy brings Briony along to force Santiago’s hand. A fight breaks out between the two ships, and Briony has to use her selkie powers to put an end to it. The ship captain escapes, and Briony pursues him, but in the process, Santiago’s sister is killed. Briony returns home to her village, and after Santiago talks with the authorities and the true villain is executed, Santiago returns to Briony. The story ends with the couple together.
(As a side note, the FMC is autistic and ADHD, but these terms did not exist in 18th-century Scotland.)
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A young midwife (Briony) is pressured to help a foreigner(Santiago) recover from an injury after he and his ship are marooned upon the shores of her village. She develops an attraction to Santiago, but he seems to be hiding secrets from her. Meanwhile, she is also trying to determine the mysteries behind her own family background (she is illegitimate and her mother passed away a year before). As she and Santiago grow closer, their secrets threaten to rip them apart. Then a stranger(Niall) arrives in her village with ties to her past. She later comes to learn this stranger is a selkie—and so is she. Niall has fallen in love with her and intends to take her back to the sea with him after exacting revenge upon the village for killing her father. Briony is conflicted about what to do, but she ultimately decides to defend her village despite how mistreated she has been for being illegitimate. She unlocks how to use her own selkie powers to protect the people from Niall, but before she and Santiago can have a future together, he is held at gunpoint by his ship’s captain and forced to leave. Santiago is actually on the run from the Portuguese government after being framed for participating in an assassination attempt on the country’s king. The Portuguese navy catches up with Santiago and the ship’s captain (the one who actually framed Santiago), and the navy brings Briony along to force Santiago’s hand. A fight breaks out between the two ships, and Briony has to use her selkie powers to put an end to it. The ship captain escapes, and Briony pursues him, but in the process, Santiago’s sister is killed. Briony returns home to her village, and after Santiago talks with the authorities and the true villain is executed, Santiago returns to Briony. The story ends with the couple together.
(As a side note, the FMC is autistic and ADHD, but these terms did not exist in 18th-century Scotland.)
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