Wheeling Gull Isle peace offerings

She thought on his question.

There were many reasons she had come here, and all were either silly when she thought on them or too difficult to convey. So in the end she shook her head at the gold-tongued man - a different glint than Valentine’s - and offered him a simple, “no.”

She thought of many questions she might ask him in return, but instead she flicked a wandering eye around the island and hoped he might speak instead, and share a better picture of his heart’s true intents before she let hers be known.