“His fingers brush the palm of my hand as he gives me the gift. Interlocking silver chains sparkle with chips of sapphire the same color as my hair, and my smile is as wide as a fringehead's when I look back up at him. "It's an anklet," I say. "Wear it," he says. "Make all the other Mermaids wish for a pair of legs.”
Book:The Mermaid's Tale