THEY PUSHED HER OFF A CLIFF… NOBODY WAS READY FOR WHAT CAME NEXT

quiet one. The steady one.

None of them yet understood what she truly was.

They had been friends since childhood, small enough to hide behind the same palm tree. They had shared secrets by the river, covered for one another during festivals, and laughed freely in the way young women do before learning caution.

On the eve of the Festival of Ofu, the four continue reading …