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At 4 AM, storm-scented salt and lightning disrupt her preparations, while a warm ancestral locket hints that an old connection is awakening. Bea Thornwood’s arrival adds both humor and urgency as Marina’s instincts—tied to her selkie nature—suggest something major is approaching.","Mistakenly Mated to a Dragon  \nGRIMM , MALPHAS & ASSOCIATES  \nBOOK THREE  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nContents  \nChapter 1  \nChapter 2  \nChapter 3  \nChapter 4  \nChapter 5  \nChapter 6  \nChapter 7  \nChapter 8  \nChapter 9  \nChapter 10  \nChapter 11  \nChapter 12  \nChapter 13  \nChapter 14  \nChapter 15  \nChapter 16  \nChapter 17  \nChapter 18  \nChapter 19  \nChapter 20  \nChapter 21  \nChapter 22  \nChapter 23  \nChapter 24  \nAbout Raven Blake  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCopyright © 2025 Raven Blake. All rights reserved.  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the author, except for brief quotations  \nin book reviews.  \nThis is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author ’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead,  \nevents, or locales is entirely coincidental.  \nMistakenly Mated to a Dragon  \n(Grimm, Malphas & Associates, Book 3)  \nFirst published 2025  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nS omething was wrong with the sea.  \nMarina Pearl noticed it at 4 AM, elbow-deep in croissant dough, when the smell hit her. Salt and lightning: the scent of a storm that wasn’t on any forecast. It rolled through the bakery’s open window and  \nprickled across her arms. She shivered. Kept working. It’s nothing. You’re imagining things.  \nThe fourth batch of croissants sat on the counter, mocking her. Overworked. Dense. The kind that would break a tooth and destroy a reputation. She scraped the dough into the compost and started over.  \nFlour. Butter. Salt. Her hands trembled as she measured.  \nThree days. She had three days until the Supernatural Legal Summit, the biggest catering contract The Salty Siren had ever landed.  \nShe was going to fail spectacularly.  \nStop it. You’re catastrophizing.  \nBut the smell of the sea was stronger now, curling through the kitchen like fingers. Marina’s skin prickled. The locket at her throat, her grandmother ’s locket, felt warm against her collarbone.  \nThat hadn’t happened in two years.  \nShe pressed her palm against it, felt the silver pulse with something that might have been her imagination. Inside was a photograph of Nana on one side and a twist of dried seaweed on the other. The seaweed was supposed to be dormant. Dead. Just a memento.  \nIt didn’t feel dead right now.  \nThe sea is calling, something whispered. Something is coming.  \n“It can take a number,” Marina told the empty kitchen, and turned back to her croissants. She was very good at ignoring things. Ominous portents, apparently, included.  \nThe back door banged open.  \nShe yelped. Flour went everywhere.  \n“Morning, sunshine!” Bea Thornwood swept in like a hurricane in yoga pants, purple hair piled in a messy bun, carrying two cups of something that steamed with suspicious intensity.“I brought anxiety juice.”  \n“It’s four in the morning.”  \n“It’s also three days before your thing, and your aura is doing something deeply concerning.” Bea set one cup on the counter.“Drink. It’s chamomile and something I’m not legally allowed to name.”  \nMarina eyed it.“Is it going to make me see colors?”  \n“Only the ones that are already there.”  \nBea hopped onto the counter, ignoring Marina’s pointed look at the flour she was sitting in. Her nose wrinkled.“Do you smell that? It’s like the ocean is   louder than usual.”  \nMarina’s hand went to her locket again.“You can smell it too?”  \n“I’m a witch, babe. I can smell a lot of things.” Bea’s expression sharpened.“Why? What do you sense?”  \n“Nothing. I don’t—” Marina shook her head. “I don’t sense things. I bake things. That’s my whole skill set.”  \n“You’re a selkie. You absolutely sense things.”  \n“I’m a selkie who hasn’t swum in two years. 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