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I could no longer feel my hands and feet once I reached the halfway mark, and once I arrived at the boundary,uncontrollably

As it turned out, it was all in vain

I hit up against an invisible force field

Exhaling sharply, I grimaced as I looked back at the harbor

I had no choice but to return to the beach of this dark island, because I wouldn’t survive er in these waters

By the time I reached the harbor, it was hard to even breathe and I could barely find strength in my limbs to haul myself up onto the boat

I rolled onto the deck, then descended back to the bathroom where I stripped out of my ripped clothes and wrappedto stimulate blood flow

Once I was finally able to feel ain, I walked into the room next door and pulled on fresh underwear, a shirt and pants I found in the closet

Then I sat down on the bed and gazed at the door

I could no longer deny it: I was trapped on this island

Now I had to decide how to best keep ht

I didn’t feel co to enter the island seemed like suicide

For now, I had no choice but to stay where I was

I had to hope that they’d take this boat on an expedition outside, and I’d be able to leap off into the sea, and somehow find my way back to The Shade

I walked over to a shadowy corner of the roo ht of Kira

The beautiful blonde ho doubled my heartbeat every time she laid eyes on me

And I remembered the promise I’d made Rose just before ere separated

I’d promised her that I’d finally profess my love for Kira as soon as we returned home

I just hoped that I’d live to fulfill that prohtest idea of where I would go

I just needed to get away from the island

Away from our people

I put the vessel on autopilot after what felt like a couple of hours and sank back in h h theat the dark expanse of water ahead ofattention to theto lose er

Where s would subside

I tried to distractthat the pain of thinking of theht distract me from the physical pain, at least for a few moments