Day 2,400
JACOB STOOD OVER A controlled fire burning at the bottom of a hollowed-out canoe just like the one Cain and Eva had made, the one that caught on fire because Jacob burst out of the woods with Adam shooting after him. Jacob flinched, hearing those gunshots all over again, seeing Cain thrashing around. He felt Eva pulling him into the water, then his body seizing when a bullet ripped through his gut.
“Keep that fire moving,” Cain snapped. Jacob poked the embers around with the stick in his hand. The canoe was now in front of the cave. Iris had insisted they haul it to that side of the island despite both boys’ protests. In the eight days since Adam had stolen Eva away, they had taken turns tending the canoe and searching the island for Adam’s missing boat.
Iris joined Cain and w
