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Gio secured his lure and cast his line out Then he didn’t knohat to do Leave it dangling there or reel it in? He decided to reel since a swih He still had no interest in fishing Instead, he watched the island for any sign of ht have been there recently

Wiley suddenly whooped and jerked on his line

“Got one?” Baer asked as he walked to his mate

“Yeah, but it’s fighting” Wiley grimaced as he worked to reel the fish in, but the line suddenly snapped and he staggered back “Daot away”

Marcello had gone below and now he returned with a bottle of water, a tackle box, and a pole of his own He settled near the bow and put his feet up as he got his line ready

“Do you think they’re there? Should we move and check out some other islands?” Gio whispered

Lucien shook his head “They’re there”

Gio’s eyebrows shot up “Really? Can you feel the?”

Lucien grinned and tapped the side of his nose “Smell It’s faint and only comes when the wind shifts to blow across the island toward us”

Baer grunted “Yeah, I caught that too” He started to reel in his line

“What are we going to do about him?” Gio jerked his head to Baer “He can’t exactly shift and explore with Marcello here”

“I’ve got an idea,” Baer said, as he set his pole aside “Just go with it Cover for me”

Gio nodded, his pulse quickening as he wondered what theto cook up Actually, it was rather siroaned softly and placed a hand over his stomach as he shuffled to the bow to talk to Marcello He could hear Baer co from breakfast Marcello instantly patted Baer’s shoulder and invited him to rest in the cabin Get out of the sun

Marcello came to the stern where they all stood, a frown on his face, while Baer disappeared below deck “Your friend isn’t feeling too well, so I sent him to the cabin to lie down Think we should leave?”

“Nah,” Wiley said “He’ll be all right He drank tooLet him sleep it off for an hour He’ll be fine”

“Are you having any luck at the bow? Letwith Marcello to where his brother had been comfortably seated with his pole It took Calder all of two et Marcello’s mind completely off Baer

Which was perfect ti