We Found No Peace on the IslandTop Story - November 2021
There was a bargain struck between the two to keep what happened on the island a secret. Solidarity was key. Now and again there would be the opportunity, and a sort of yearning to tell would jerk forward into their chests, attaching to it the hope that things might finally end if only someone knew. But terror—terror was always quick to follow. And terror is a deceptive beast, which convinces you that it is much larger and much more dangerous than it really is, but a child cannot be expected to know that.