They had marched the mermaid straight through the town of Gull’s Cove on their way to returning her to the ocean.

Everyone stood on the shore or the docks, watching as the mermaid’s beautiful legs transformed into her red and white fish tail. The seals—Detrick had learned they were called—barked at seeing the majestic creature swimming in the water.

And then she swam out to sea and was gone. It was something the people of Gull’s Cove would never ...