Rose Moreno, a budding, self proclaimed crypto-zoologist, has just made the discovery of a lifetime. A real life mermaid that's now been trapped in an inlet near her home! They don't seem to like her much but she's almost certain that she can change that. She has to if she's going to prove that creatures like her new find are real. But can one's future be changed with something as simple as a new friend or will Rose find that life is a bit more complex than that?Contains chapters 1-26 of the Kindle Vella story: The Eyes Beneath the Water.