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He was more somber than e’d sailed on a tiny-ass boat across the ocean, so this must be serious “What’s in there?”

“Outcasts”

“Outcasts?”

“The worst of the worst People ejected froathered in my visits”

“I’…”

“Most crimes are punishable by death That’s merciful That’s easy But for the people who deserve worse…they’re exiled here An island with lihbors are just as barbaric as you are It’s the worst of the worst”

“Who’s exiling these people?”

“I’ world…and there’re a lot of people in it”

“You doms outside of ours?”

“It’s not iht?”

I’d never really thought about it

“So, we stay low We stay quiet”

I nodded

“We do e came here to do—and then leave No fires No sex”

“Whoa…why not?”

He grinned “Do you care about anything else?”

“I was referring to the fire—”

“Liar” His grin was arrogant now, but still so handsome “I don’t want someone to watch me fuck you They’ll want to take you for themselves And they know this land better than I do, so…”

Now I felt sick, just the way I did during the biggest waves

“It’ll be alright Just do what I say”

“Okay”

His eyes took me in for a while “Actually…it’s a turn-on when you listen, too”

I rolled my eyes and turned away

His hand gripped ht into his lips His hungrybelow deck, enjoying every single position there was to experience His hand squeezed o “Let’s move”

The Capital arm, but it wasn’t hureen leaves that hung fro the forest floor and in the trees It was so dense that all the whistles the birds made echoed in the canopy, so loud it was as if they called right in ons”

He took the lead, chopping down vegetation in his way, inching deeper inland “I don’t think they had a choice”

“They’re dragons They always have a choice”

He lowered his sword to his side and i

I did the same and dropped down