Chapter 103 Mira's Mission 2

• "Ryan, Ryan, I need you," she whispered to herself. "I'll marry you, I'll scrub your floors, iron your shirts, be a good wife. Oh, Moon Goddess, my head hurts and I'm scared. Is this the end?"
• Kneeling in front of her with a great deal of self-pity, Ren Everett forced her mouth open and stuffed it with a rag that might once have been white. Then he bound the gag in place with the handkerchief he wore around his neck.
• In order to do the work, he had laid his cigarette down on the thwart between himself and Mira, and apparently forgotten it. Now he picked up the long pole and began to push their boat away from the dry land.