Cora orders a docile companion creature to keep her company in her seaside home, expecting a harmless aquatic pet. Instead, couriers deliver an enormous tank holding a formidable, black-scaled behemoth wrapped in heavy iron chains with an industrial steel muzzle bolted over his jaws.
Moved by pity for his visible wounds, Cora unbolts his restraints and promises him safety beneath her roof. The terrifying leviathan displays uncanny obedience, shadowing her footsteps like a devoted guardian while cowering at medical terms. But when his shock collar malfunctions during a warm bath, his pupils flare crimson and his predatory instincts awaken. Cora must determine whether she has rescued a vulnerable soul or welcomed an untamable sea monarch into her home.
