“Avery?” He put a hand on my back and bent, too. “Are you all right?” “Fine,” I managed, laughing so hard I could barely speak, in mingled relief and hysteria. “What’s wrong?” “Nothing.” I waved him away and straightened with a little difficulty. “Scared myself half to death.” “Why?” He dropped h...
Deserted and desolate, like an outpost on the edge of nowhere. As the ferry chugged away, a sleek blue gray adult cat disappeared around the corner of the general store. “Look,” I said to Derek, pointing, “it looks like my kitten.” The only other person to disembark on Rowanberry Island was a mid...