“I would’ve too. I stopped the first bullet, but I couldn’t stop the second one…” Abel said regretfully as he noticed Sam’s tears streaming down her cheeks. “Who is her real family? Is it the Adelmar family?”

Sam nodded gently without speaking.

“Who heads the family?” Abel asked.

“I… can’t say…” Sam shook her head.

“I’ll find out tomorrow anyway,” Abel reminded her. “You might as well tell me now.”

“No,” Sam said, avoiding Abel’s eyes. “If you find out on your own, no one can say it’s because I told you…”

“Huh! The girl is tight-lipped, it seems…” Abel chuckled.

“I’m only here to escort you onto the island before I have to return to Struyria,” Sam continued. “If you meet Ms. Emmeline, please let me know how she is.”

you’re already here, why don’t you just come along with

should steer clear of him to avoid being punished. He’s already angry enough that I failed to protect Ms. Emmeline. He

fault. It was mine,”

carelessness,” Sam maintained. “I should’ve kept my eyes on

arguing over that now,” Abel interrupted her. “So

shook her head again. “I’m not at liberty to say, Mr. Ryker. You’ll find

The woman was doing an

I can do is show you the way to get to the island, or you might end up spending days or even

nodded briefly. “Thank

also doing it for Ms. Emmeline,” Sam raised her head, finally looking Abel in the

sure she has some food to eat. We’ll set sail first thing at

to Sam. “Your room is ready. Why don’t you have a

pink again. “Thank you, Luca,” she said softly before turning to Abel. “Thank you, Mr.

but the pain was dulled by the hopeful anticipation of seeing Emmeline again. If

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