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Where exactly is here?”
“It’s a long story , but you’re in the encampment of the banished Svoda.” He saw her give a little start and added, “It’s perfectly safe here. You’re safe here.”
“Okay,” she breathed out. “I can’t believe you’re here. You. Of all people.”
“Wh-what do you mean?” he asked.
“Oh, um, just that you’re someone I know. I wasn’t expecting that.”
“Right. Of course. Well, let’s get you off this ship and get this man some help.”
Ivan passed the man d own to someone on the ground below, where he was whisked away to get treated for his injury.
He turned to help Maria and had to catch himself. Her coat was torn on one side, exposing her shoulder, and ripped to shreds everywhere else, like something had clawed at her, trying to dig into her skin.
He reached up and gently slid the coat off her and let it fall to the ground.
“You’ll freeze,” she argued as he wrapped his own coat around her.
“ I’m fine,” he replied, shaken by what he’d just seen. He wanted to ask what had happened, but could not find his voice to ask. He started to climb down, Maria gladly accepting his assistance to get over the side and onto solid ground.
“I could just kiss the earth ,” she whispered, finding her footing. “There were a few moments not too long ago, I didn’t think I’d ever set foot off that ship again.”
He had a difficult time letting go of her shoulders, afraid she mi ght lose her footing and topple over.
Billie strode over, patting Maria’s shoulder. “Thank you, Ivan,” she said. “Boy, it’s good to see a familiar face.”
He let go o f Maria and she left to join other shipmates, now gathering nearby.
Meghan raced over. Billie saw her and they hugged.
“I- I don’t know how we got here,” said Billie, still stunned.
“Yes, that is a mystery,” said Meghan, lying. “But, Billie, can I just say how good it is to see you. We have been so worried about everyone on the island.”
“Yes, the island,” she said in a daze. “Maura. Wait, where’s Maura?”
“I’m here, Billie,” a voice returned. Maura was sitting on the ground next to an older woman, assisting her.
Billie took a deep breath. “We escaped the island, came seeking help. We nearly died today, all of us. But someone saved us. I don’t know who. I don’t how we got here.”
Escaped , Meghan thought. Why did she need to escape the island? What exactly was going on back there?
Nashua , the leader of the Tunkapog, alongside Curtis Bevins, the temporary leader of the banished, arrived to assess the situation. Arnon and Kanda arrived just behind them.
Meghan made the introductions.
Slowly, Billie seemed to come around.
Noah Flummer and his wife came striding over, standing at her side. “We know how confusing this must be,” he told everyone. “We are equally confused, but there are pressing issues we must discuss. Is it possible to be granted a meeting with Amelia Cobb?”
“I’m afraid that is not possible,” said Curtis. “I’m saddened to tell you she is dead, for reasons I shall not enter into right now.”
“Dead. Oh. I’m sorry,” said Noah, not sure of what else to say.
“Your arrival here is at an odd time. A time of tran sition,” Curtis explained.
Nashua stepped forward, dressed in his white-skinned wolf-like furs.
“Why don’t you take time to recover, treat your wounded. We can speak in two hours time.”
Noah nodded that he agreed. The news that Amelia was dead had caught him off guard. It appeared that the island was not the only place in a transit ion, as the man named Curtis had said.
Meghan assisted the new arrivals, pointing them in the direction of the large meeting room near the center of the village, as it was being set up as a triage of sorts to help the new arrivals get cleaned up and recover from what must have been a harrowing experience.
When they had all gone, she noticed Ivan not too far away and raced over only
“It’s a long story , but you’re in the encampment of the banished Svoda.” He saw her give a little start and added, “It’s perfectly safe here. You’re safe here.”
“Okay,” she breathed out. “I can’t believe you’re here. You. Of all people.”
“Wh-what do you mean?” he asked.
“Oh, um, just that you’re someone I know. I wasn’t expecting that.”
“Right. Of course. Well, let’s get you off this ship and get this man some help.”
Ivan passed the man d own to someone on the ground below, where he was whisked away to get treated for his injury.
He turned to help Maria and had to catch himself. Her coat was torn on one side, exposing her shoulder, and ripped to shreds everywhere else, like something had clawed at her, trying to dig into her skin.
He reached up and gently slid the coat off her and let it fall to the ground.
“You’ll freeze,” she argued as he wrapped his own coat around her.
“ I’m fine,” he replied, shaken by what he’d just seen. He wanted to ask what had happened, but could not find his voice to ask. He started to climb down, Maria gladly accepting his assistance to get over the side and onto solid ground.
“I could just kiss the earth ,” she whispered, finding her footing. “There were a few moments not too long ago, I didn’t think I’d ever set foot off that ship again.”
He had a difficult time letting go of her shoulders, afraid she mi ght lose her footing and topple over.
Billie strode over, patting Maria’s shoulder. “Thank you, Ivan,” she said. “Boy, it’s good to see a familiar face.”
He let go o f Maria and she left to join other shipmates, now gathering nearby.
Meghan raced over. Billie saw her and they hugged.
“I- I don’t know how we got here,” said Billie, still stunned.
“Yes, that is a mystery,” said Meghan, lying. “But, Billie, can I just say how good it is to see you. We have been so worried about everyone on the island.”
“Yes, the island,” she said in a daze. “Maura. Wait, where’s Maura?”
“I’m here, Billie,” a voice returned. Maura was sitting on the ground next to an older woman, assisting her.
Billie took a deep breath. “We escaped the island, came seeking help. We nearly died today, all of us. But someone saved us. I don’t know who. I don’t how we got here.”
Escaped , Meghan thought. Why did she need to escape the island? What exactly was going on back there?
Nashua , the leader of the Tunkapog, alongside Curtis Bevins, the temporary leader of the banished, arrived to assess the situation. Arnon and Kanda arrived just behind them.
Meghan made the introductions.
Slowly, Billie seemed to come around.
Noah Flummer and his wife came striding over, standing at her side. “We know how confusing this must be,” he told everyone. “We are equally confused, but there are pressing issues we must discuss. Is it possible to be granted a meeting with Amelia Cobb?”
“I’m afraid that is not possible,” said Curtis. “I’m saddened to tell you she is dead, for reasons I shall not enter into right now.”
“Dead. Oh. I’m sorry,” said Noah, not sure of what else to say.
“Your arrival here is at an odd time. A time of tran sition,” Curtis explained.
Nashua stepped forward, dressed in his white-skinned wolf-like furs.
“Why don’t you take time to recover, treat your wounded. We can speak in two hours time.”
Noah nodded that he agreed. The news that Amelia was dead had caught him off guard. It appeared that the island was not the only place in a transit ion, as the man named Curtis had said.
Meghan assisted the new arrivals, pointing them in the direction of the large meeting room near the center of the village, as it was being set up as a triage of sorts to help the new arrivals get cleaned up and recover from what must have been a harrowing experience.
When they had all gone, she noticed Ivan not too far away and raced over only
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