![]() ![]() Nothing made them happier: the sounds of the sea crashing against the rock that made me clench my teeth, the salty breeze that tangled my hair, the gritty sand that swallowed my boots-they loved it all. ![]() Though I couldn’t blame her for that-not after what had happened the last time we were all in church together.īut unlike our mother, I had trouble telling my sisters no. Indeed, she was so obsessed with their safety that she and my sisters attended Mass at a different time from everyone else. I couldn’t blame my mother for hiding them away in the keep-the place where my family and our most trusted servants lived, as it was the most fortified structure within the castle walls. After being practically locked inside the keep for days, they’d begged me for the chance to breathe fresh air. Today, though, I was on the shore below my father’s castle because of my two little sisters. I hated it because, in spite of its raw beauty, it brought death to our doorstep. Not because it was unbearably cold, and not because I loathed swimming in its salty depths. For Karina, who wouldn’t let this book go ![]()
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