Page 30 of The First Lost Boy (The Shadows of Neverland Duet #2)

Ava

2 months later

Lifeguard,

I’m standing in the shallows and wondering why I fear the sea when I also crave it. I listen to the waves crash at night and am lulled to sleep by their rocking. But what calms me when nothing else will are the stars and thoughts of you waking up and looking at me like I’m the only real thing you know.

They say we were all strangers aboard that ship.

I don’t believe them.

Hook