Chapter Thirty-Eight.
I sat on the bottom step leading to the bow with the heels placed neatly beside my bare feet and the dress splayed out around me like a golden halo. I rested my chin on my crossed arms as the crew disappeared, one by one going below deck to rest for the day that would come, but I remained, unable to sleep, afraid to go below deck for fear of what Caleb would say. I eventually stood up, daring to go strip out of the uncomfortable dress that felt like a python constricting around my rib cage. Caleb was lying on the bed, his back to me when I entered so I figured that he was fast asleep, my hands moving to undo the strings at the back of the dress, turning so that my back was to the bed when it dropped to the floor at my feet, leaving me naked, my body exposed as I reached for the lavender
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