Chapter 0: Broken Piece “Stop running, ya rats! It’s only pain!” Splinters that used to be the thick painted wood of the fruit stand — Mama Elina’s pride and joy — bit into her palms. Her fingers half-curled, two fingers on her left refusing to go any further as sticky-sweet mango pulp mixed with something…
Chapter 1TWO YEARS AGO Lauderdale… place is barely a city, son. His dad used to say that all the time, mostly while he was complaining about traffic after he got home from work. Just a big ol’ swamp they’d paved over. Kai didn’t know all that, but he knew the air was wet and too…
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The jungle path was cooler, all shadows and green noise from the trees above as it blocked the brunt of the sun from cooking you. Doesn’t do much for the humidity, though. Yeah, sweat was still a problem but considering he was on an island, he’d take a win where he could get it. Kai…
The sigh left Kai’s throat, a burst of air with nowhere else to go but out. One hand rested on his stomach as he sat on his board, eyes still on the edge of the sea where he couldn’t see any further. The month might as well have dragged on — sunrise after sunset thirty…
“Whoooo-hoooo!” Salt. Too much of it. A whole bucket of the stuff slapped him right in the open mouth, drowning out the yell before it could really get legs behind it. Kai spluttered foam, choking and snorting as white stuff blasted free from his nose and mouth both. Fuuuu- Arms went out wide, spinning like…
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