The Sentinels [m]y love is a lifetaker

She sensed his awkwardness, but couldn't bring herself to share it. At Octopus Island, marriages between cousins and even half-siblings had been encouraged. Marina, who had never contemplated such things, had accepted it without question.

She hadn't considered that it might ever become a subject of importance in her own life.

She went still, drawing in a slow breath as she studied Dutch's features with a dawning apprehension. Your uncle, she repeated softly. So we're cousins. Does that... change things? The anxiety crept into her voice of its own accord. She swallowed.