The Curse of the Sea

By Jess Watkins

It was self defence. I never meant to hurt anyone. I wasn't that kind of person but when she...it...attacked me, I acted instinctively. Now here I am, guilty of taking a life, hunted for what I am becoming and cursed to be something I never thought was possible.
I don't want to give in to it but it is getting harder and harder to avoid the curse of the sea.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jess Watkins
• Release date: May 25, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310949913

Jess Watkins

Jess is an avid reader, writer and chocolate devourer. She runs a book blog called A Book Addict's Bookshelves. She has lived in three different countries and owns an unreasonable number of t-shirts.She is the author of Girl Meets Underworld, As We Lie Dying and The Curse of the Sea. She also has short stories in two anthologies: Escaping Rapture which is part of the After Tomorrow Anthology, and Renee and The Wolf which is part of the Mystical Bites Anthology.

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The Curse of the Sea

Copyright 2015 Jess Watkins

Published by Jess Watkins at Smashwords

Cover Design © Zillah Design

Cover Image ©H.L. Houghton 2015

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Table of Contents

Copyright

Acknowledgements

Title Page

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Bonus Material

About the Author

More from this Author

Acknowledgements

Thank you to everyone that has supported me over the years – friends, family and the people that have left helpful messages on the many writing websites I’ve signed up to.

Thanks to my lovely beta readers, Estelle, Sarah and Hazel for all your helpful comments.

A HUGE thanks to the amazing Hazel, who as well as beta reading is my cheerleader, editor, cover designer and close friend. This wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for you!

Last but definitely not least, thank YOU dear reader for picking up this book and giving it a go.

Chapter One

I hadn’t meant to kill her. I was only defending myself because that's what you did when someone attacked you; you fought for your life. I'd won and now she was dead.

Gasping for breath, I scrambled backwards over a patch of rough stones and lay down on my side, not taking my eyes off the still body. Waves crashed nearby, wetting me with spray and making the cuts on my cheeks sting. The sound of my pounding