Disgraced Royal Navy Navigator x Cursed Orc Captain Maren deals in absolutes. She sees the world in vectors, currents, and probability. But after being scapegoated by the Royal Navy for a disaster she predicted, she’s left with nothing but a stolen coat and a burning need for vindication. Her only hope? The Iron Tooth , a rotting whaler commanded by Bruk. Bruk is a walking target. A massive, scarred Orc who killed a sacred leviathan, he is hunted by the Sea God itself. He hides behind silence and heavy leather gloves, terrified that his touch acts as a beacon for the monsters of the deep. But when a supernatural storm traps them in the lead-lined captain's cabin, the temperature rises to lethal levels. To survive the freezing fugue of her own magic, Maren must demand the one thing Bruk refuses to give: his bare skin. He is the curse of the ocean. She is the only one who can steer him home.