Elle & Cepharius — A Visual History
Elle & Cepharius
A creature from the deep. A woman who keeps answering when he calls.
The Monster Security Agency keeps the official treaties sealed. Monster Tamers keeps the unofficial sightings alive.
Most of our recurrence files concern beings the MSA has classified, contained, or otherwise managed. Some don't. Some come from a depth the MSA hasn't mapped yet.
The Tide Files are one of those — a subset of the archive concerned with creatures from the deep and the women who answer when they call. Figures who appear and reappear across centuries, always near water that arrives from impossible distances, always trailing salt that doesn't belong to the coast they're standing on.
Elle & Cepharius: the most documented case in the file. A woman who keeps appearing beside a creature that always finds her — port by port, tide by tide. Pressure by pressure.
When the same tide keeps reaching the same woman, someone should be paying attention.
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The books this archive lives inside
Guarded by the Kraken is the Elle & Cepharius book — the story of what answers when something deeper than the ocean knocks. Start with the free novella to fall into the world.
(Harbor of Hearts is a free novella.)