Wheeling Gull Isle rankova

take kacia and form a home.

he blinked. jarred and owlish. he could not fathom leaving heda behind in such things. winter was here, the island shrunk. her strength was not of the question, but his heart still grappled with hers too much.

i cannot leave you.

nor did he think he could allow himself to be pushed away. selfishly. childishly.