SHE CRAVED AN ESCAPE. HE CRAVED TO BE FOUND.
TWO SILENT HEARTS THIRSTY UNTIL THEY BOTH DROWNED.

To my beloved black sea,
It was full dark when I snuck out of the castle to meet you.

You wore those ripped black jeans and your new friend's boots, with sleet from the forest still in the grooves. You moved awkwardly in your new clothes because you were still creating yourself, like one of your drawings.

We drank vanilla cola from glass bottles and listened to a song about how fast the night changes over and over. Two adults frolicking as youths, French kissing in secret to hide from winter and distract ourselves from the town crumbling around us. The way we touched each other was equally punishing and artful, painting a world where we could be together on each other's skin.

For a while, we pretended. For a while, I was the kind of woman you could be loyal to and fight for, and you weren't the lost, forbidden Heathen.

Now, it's been days since I've seen you. I've decided long ago, and this is my last letter. Everything I've worked so hard for -- before you came along -- will carry on as if our time together never happened.

Don't bother stopping me. As I once said, the tremor between us will only lead to carnage.

But as I plunge a knife into the chest of the man I once desired to marry, I'll think of all those foolish nights when we pretended, our time on Bone Island, vanilla cola, our stupid song, and you.

Yes, my beloved black sea.

I'll think of you.

xx, a


Tropes:

Small, Macabre Town Hidden off Maine's Coast

Romeo & Juliet meets Snow White vibes

Forbidden, Gothic Romance

Tortured Hero in a Glass Coffin

Found Family & Sisterly Bonds

Finding Love in a Lighthouse

Parallel Timeline of an Archiac Love Story

Wicked Winter Wonderland

"I have been wrecked. Ripped apart, broken and torn... Nicole Fiorina has crafted a love story for the ages. Her writing so beautiful and whimsical it puts love ballads to shame." -- shelflifechronicles

"THIS. BOOK. It is beautiful. It is brutal. The love is POWERFUL, the writing is perfection. I was completely wrapped up in the world of Weeping Hollow and Bone Island and didn't want to leave. If you are a fan of tragic love stories, angst, poetic storylines - you NEED to read this book... " -- Jordan

Bone Island can be read as a stand-alone or within the interconnected series. For a better reading experience, read books in the order they are published.

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