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“Yeah, he’d always run his finger over it. He called it his love mark,” he says, barely about to get the last word out like he has to swallow down the urge to laugh again.
“I heard that woman threaten to float him more times than I can count,” Lorian says, talking with Zephyr’s glass. “Boy, did they love each other though...”
“To Smee and Nelvin!” someone shouts, and the group echoes it, pouring one out for them.
I raise my cup and feel Sebastian stiffen. glancing over my shoulder, I find his eyes lost on the ground where my shadow is being cast by the firelight.
“Scarlet...” he breathes. “Your shadow—“
It’s back!
My heart fills to the point of bursting as I crush my lips to his. His arms wrap around me tight and when I pull away, his stormy eyes stare into mine.
The crew whistles and shouts behind us. They might not know about my shadow, but I can’t help but smile at Sebastian, our joined shadows mingling across the ground.
I used to think I was cursed, that the mark on my back would keep me from knowing love or be my death sentence, but it was a blessing... It led me to him—the man who loves every piece of me.
THE END
