Liam’s life could be better. He’s recovering from a divorce and a bitter custody battle, which he loses. He dearly loves his six-year-old son, Lucas, but seeing him every second weekend is never enough. His one salvation is the sea. When he’s sitting on the sand, watching the waves rolling in, he feels at peace, calmed and restored.<br><br>One day, the waves are particularly high, and the sea particularly rough. He’s surprised to see someone swimming in such choppy seas. When Liam calls out to the man, asking if he needs help, the man simply waves back. Liam thinks he must be an idiot. Little does he know the person he sees is no man, which he discovers two days later.<br><br>When they meet, Liam is both horrified and fascinated. His curiosity produces a strange attraction that changes their lives irreversibly forever.

The Sound of the Sea

Sometimes he’d bring gifts for Ezra, nothing extravagant. He introduced Ezra to chocolate, fine Swiss Lindt chocolate, which Ezra enjoyed so much that whatever other gifts Liam brought, he always made sure there was Swiss chocolate. Ezra gasped at the beauty of a single red rose. He closed his eyes to more fully enjoy the sensation of a pussy willow being gently brushed against his face. Most fascinating of all to Ezra, was Liam’s smart phone. Liam could show Ezra all the marvels of the modern world, and places he had no way of seeing for himself—pictures of the planets and of giant nebulae, castles in Europe and the pyramids in Egypt—all of which captured his attention so completely the battery would run low.


Liam would also take photos of them together, and of Ezra showing off his tail, amongst other things.


“You won’t show anyone?” said Ezra, looking concerned.


Chapter 12