From the cove, they watched the sky turn red and black. They watched the eastern half of their island disappear under a river of fire. They watched their houses, their fields, their well—the well where Asiati had sat as a child—vanish beneath a shroud of ash.
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The men laughed. Her father looked at her with pity. “Asiati, the cove has no fresh water. We cannot stay there.” From the cove, they watched the sky turn red and black
But the turtle cove remained untouched. The wind blew the ash west. The sea stayed calm. From the cove