Osborne, Hannah. "Pittsburgh Sex Slave Tanya Kach: I Was in Love With My Abuser Thomas Hose." International Business Times RSS. N.p., 29 Nov. 2012. Web. 06 May 2015. <http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tanya-kach-sex-slave-thomas-hose-abduction-409860>.
Tanya Kach claimed to have been in "love" with her high school security guard Thomas Hose. She ran away with him, not knowing that she was getting herself into a horrible "abduction". After running away, she was considered missing and was held captive as a sex slave for 10 years with a different identity and a different life.
This relates to the Selkie myth as both females are abducted and claim to be in love until they finally sea the truth. They are held captive and are forced to accustom themselves to their new lives. They are first sad, but then blinded to be in love, or are "blindedly in love" and grow a family together or in Kach's case, she becomes one with her new identity and to her new family. However they still mourn and miss their true home, but lie to themselves for the better of others (Kach thought she was in "love", and thought that all of her sacrifices were for the better of their relationship), until they find they key that will return them back to their place. For the selkie it would be their seal skin, but in Kach's case it would be someone who is willing to believe and help her to escape to freedom.
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