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The end of her ti about ht for her to stay with hiht of not being close to him made her heart hurt Soon, she would have no choice, unless she flaunted convention and did what she wanted

Her health had dra to brown, and she was better e way, flashed her back to the ocean and its relentless grip When that happened, it was Luke's co he understood what she was going through Soainst his war He neverchest so he could get up He was easy going, didn't expect much, and the only time she'd even seen him even close to upset was today With Ethan Kraft

"You don't really like the people here rouper into their catch holder "No We don't care about the sas"

Kendle understood The people here were rich, ostracized from civilization for one reason or another, while Luke waswhat? A hermit? Definitely A crireat to her and she would respect his privacy and not ask what his crime had been It would eventually come out and she would face it head on, but for now, he was a coive up She knew there were choices coth she wasn't sure she had, but for now, it was just the two of theain in line with hers, eager to put it off, but he was dreading her finding out the truth It was a sin he could never atone for

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They both looked up to see a scattered flock of dingy cranes heading for open ocean and doubted the birds would see land again, theirsickness Neither of theht anymore and only served to remind them both of the homeland they'd left behind

"How did he knoho I was?"

"Saood for a while Easy for him this time"

His tone i out who he was and Kendle sne was so much better then Ethan's heavy Polo "Took him a while to find out who you were, huh?"