The nymph washed up on his beach, and Justus knew he'd be in trouble. He didn't trust anyone, and the Redwood Herd did not allow outsiders, but he couldn't leave her to drown in the surf. After he listened to his centaur morals, he gathered her slight bundle in his arms to bring her to the herd's healer. His life would never be the same.

Charity refused to be forced into an arranged marriage with a male she couldn't stand, so she left the only home she'd ever known and headed west. Despite a narrow escape from aggressive humans, she finally made it to the Pacific Ocean, but the pounding surf was more than her wood nymph body was ready for. She only wanted to find a forever home and a place to belong, and then she met him.