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The Oceans Between Us

Author: Peache
last update Last Updated: 2025-11-08 00:18:00

(Alexander’s POV)

The ocean looked endless.

And for the first time in years, I didn’t feel like drowning.

The wind carried salt and silence, the kind that presses against your chest and makes you feel both small and alive. Isabella stood a few feet away, her hair dancing in the breeze, her dress fluttering like the tide was reaching for her.

She’d been quiet since we arrived, her eyes fixed on the horizon as though she was trying to memorize the color of peace. I couldn’t blame her. We’d both forgotten what it looked like.

Two days on the road. Two days since we left behind the house that had become both refuge and reminder. Two days since I’d turned the key and locked the last door to my past.

Now, standing here, I could still feel the weight of everything I’d done pressing against my ribs. Every choice. Every mistake. Every drop of blood that didn’t wash off, no matter how hard I tried.

Isabella turned to me then, and her smile—soft, almost shy—cut through the haze of guilt that had
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