Unfair Winds

<p>When his uncle runs off to visit Alastair's grave for the first time Tom Apollyon finds their family roles reversed: he feels obligated to watch over Paul who never makes impulsive decisions while drunk.</p><p><br></p><p>The catch is The Shuck-not a peaceful cemetery near the sea just a pub near the sea-actually contains the polite but unpredictable spirit of Paul's former lover.</p><p><br></p><p>Benson grudgingly communicates with Alastair even though David Mills is best suited to communing with the dead. Unfortunately David is much too busy running a pub in the Apollyons'-and one devoted selkie's-absence to be a proper witch. He's only just broken a bewitchment that he didn't even know he cast after all.</p><p><br></p><p>There's also the tiny matter of plotting murder under Lennie's nose despite how David suspects they'll see killing as anything but chivalric.</p><p><br></p><p>But David isn't alone. Nearly everyone connected to The Shuck is keeping something to themselves; closely held truths may prevent anyone's true love from ever taking root. Between these walls self-fulfilling prophecies seem to be most victorious. Even the restless dead can't secure what they want... fate or faith may need to intervene.</p>