Pentam lay on his bunk and grinned. Cal had left him with a kiss which set his whole body to tingling. His plan to capture the serpent had worked to perfection. It didn't even bother him that Cal got the honour of it being named after her. She deserved it. He'd have plenty of opportunity.

Pentam organized a couple more excursions to capture the sea serpents. They caught two over the course of the week. A small one, under eight feet in length went into one of the immense ...