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"That was very long ago, love, when ed and ant was I to be sailing a those islands alone," he said

"But then you would not have found me"

Amberhill chuckled "No, then I would not have crashed upon your shore I re to me" Who was Tolmarth? Had he known a Tol?

A well fro the storot himself and recalled memories he could not have possibly experienced His head ht

Yolandhe did not push or request hi of, anyway? It did not ainst him and kissed him Memories did not matter, only the present

Yap paused at the cave entrance only to hear the fa His master had recovered--that much was abundantly clear as a lusty cry issued from the cave’s mouth When rare opportunities came for Yap to address their situation with hi to Yolandhe’s arot he existed

So Yap continued to catch fish, collect clas fro the tree line using driftwood, ti He soon investigated farther afield, the botto his pirate days He even explored into the interior of the island, overco his fear of ferocious beasts, but only startled birds from brush to branch If there were any other ani about scared theht, there weren’t any because it was a long swim from the mainland

It took Yap one day to cross the island, and even when he paused somewhere in its middle he could hear the incessant heave of waves, s on his nerves, it was reassuring as his feet sank into deep reens

He found a strea some handfuls of water to his mouth, he decided to climb up the rise to see what he could see There were a few such s bumps on the island from sea, aboard the Mermaid

For years, Captain Bonnet had followed a trail of ruold and jewels, it was said, and the captain’s persistence paid off They’d found an unbelievable cache of treasure entombed on the island, much to their woe It had been hidden beneath one of theago But he was no longer seeking tos as he approached the base of thefor a way to climb to the top He stumbled out of a prickly patch of bra at the bloody scratches on his legs and ankles It took hihtly traversed path, but a path all the sarown and narrow, but it led up the hill, which was his goal

The path wound up, at first gently, then over a boulder field, where his bare feet grasped at granite Yolandhe had probably made it If not her, who? He hadn’t encountered anyone else on the island At one point he had to scrabble up a ledge, and when he succeeded, he sat on it panting and rubbing sweat out of his eyes He had risen enough that he could see the ocean through the tops of trees that sloped away below hiht his breath, he pushed himself up to resume his clih a cleft of rock and into a large cavern A shaft of sunlight poured in froroaned when he realized what he had found: the to

His first impulse was to run away He and his crew this tomb once before, and he was not anxious to raise Yolandhe’s ire again Yet, he could not help but stare The light that streamed past him sketched out the mid-section of the intact ship, but the stern and bow fell into darkness He reon’s head and red painted eyes Chests and barrels and pots gleamed with treasure Across the chah the earth, revealing yetOne of the holes h, the one they had used to haul out all the treasure

Stairs of carved stone plunged into the cavern glooed them from pirate eyes the last ti down, down, down the stairs, drawn instinctively to treasure Either his eyes had adjusted to the glooht now lio And of course, the ship of the dead one

When he reached the bottom step, he marveled, as he had the first tiht into the cavern, or brought in piece by piece by hand to be reassembled To his mind, either method was an i with coins and jewels and strings of pearls A giddy feeling burbled in his throat as he sorted through the booty He was overcome by a sense of hed until a gold dagger with a ruby on its ponized One he had drawn out of his er to clatter upon the other treasure He wiped cold sweat from his brow and blew out a rattled breath "No, no, this stuff’s not for old Yap," he told hile" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true">