21
Sentence
Hopena
Conclusion; fate; consequence; destiny.
There were 217 stones in the floor and 233 in the ceiling.
My stomach rumbled. The milk and cake were long gone.
I searched the chamber, but didn’t find another octopus or even an ‘opihi clinging to the rocks.
Bored to death.
I was trying to multiply twelve by twenty-four in my head to estimate the number of stones in the wall behind my bed, when the water-door splashed, and Kalei strode into the room. A cord stretched between his hands.
He’s come to strangle me!
“Boy,” he said.
I stood up and threw my shoulders back.
Bring it! I thought.
“Uncle,” I replied.
He smirked and stepped to the side. Pua emerged from the water, followed by Maka.
I relaxed a little.
He won’t murder me with witnesses.
Pua didn’t waste a min
