Embers of A New Dawn

, a pair of handmade cloth shoes

her past life, Daniel hid

g them out, placing them by her be

her until her

light. Daniel sat slumped on the sofa,

d up, eyes filled with wariness and confusion

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f the sea clung to him,

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hook his head. "I don't know you. They say you're my fia

out a bit

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remember

t the Wilson and Carter famil

o go back to S

tly, like a spark catching

but he didn't notice. "I don't want to stay here, learning all these rules, listening to old men drone abou

Carter. I'm Dan

ith such ease, as if it wer

n his eyes and felt the absurdity o

heered i

on a boat to S

iny tang, and Daniel leaned

s mended nets. Their eyes lit up at the sight of

first, her tone warm but her gaze slicing over Sophie like a

ung woman grabbed a bucket of sea

instantly, salty droplets dripp

hands on hips, face full of anger. "If you hadn't dragged Danny away, he'd be married

around, their accu

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rotten, can't stand

et this kind of

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ed up at

chaotic scene, his lips moving slightl