Heart of the Sea

“You must have patience and teach her that feelings like love are not things she should be afraid of.” -Aeras Haskell ~oOo~ Thalassa Haskell knows nothing of the world outside her home except for those things from her sister's tale. She was kept hidden away from the world for she was sick but people believed it was because she had tainted her family's reputable name. Little did they know, it was not all there is. For the young woman who they all thought they know very well was hiding something much more than just a mere illness. But would the four walls of her home be enough to keep it all to herself? Or her secret would be out after a fateful encounter with a loathsome man known as Pierce Sinclair?