The question, a shard of accusation, ignited the fire in her chest.

“Why are you here, Rocco? Why did you defy me and barge into Newfort alone? Don’t you know I was half mad with worry when I couldn’t reach you?”

Rocco lowered his eyes.

“I… I overestimated myself.

” His voice trembled a bit.

“I thought I could find something and help you.

I did, but then… then I was taken, dragged onto this ship.

I don’t know who…” His voice trailed off, swallowed by a shuddering breath.

“I thought I’d never see you again.

Then someone paid my ransom, booked this room, told me to wait for news.

Hannah, her anger melting away like frost in the sun, held him close.

“Don’t worry,” she murmured, her voice a balm.

“When this ship touches land, you’ll be off it, and we’ll go home.

grim counterpoint to her promise,

Moore, remember what you

him a glacial

“Don’t worry,” she clipped.

me

fingers tightened around hers, his

them?”

he a

to Winston, a snarl

the tremor in his voice betraying his steely

“Don’t hurt Hannah.

you if

from his superior

you’d be

Hannah cried, rising between the two

introduced, and already you’re at

with tension, thick enough to

of neglect, a stark contrast to his

quarters reserved for

stepped

take

apartment’s a duplex, you can have the

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