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Chapter 4 — The cracks
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2026-05-23 22:24:46
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The Island of the Silence Chapter 23 — The smoke between the trees
Mara blinked several times. But the narrow gray stripe did not disappear. He rose quietly between the treetops, so fine that they took him from the beach would never have noticed. Only from above, at this height, it was visible. Smoke. A fire. Her first reaction was so intense that she took a step back. Her heart suddenly didn’t just hit fast — it hammered. Someone was here. The thought shot like a flash through her. Rescue. Leonie might. Elias. Another survivor. Mara already made a step down the slope as a second thought she abruptly stopped. What if not? She stopped. The wind dashed through the high grasses of the hill, and suddenly the whole island quiet again. Only birds cried in the distance. Mara kept staring at the smoke. It was weird. A few seconds ago, she had wanted nothing more than another person to find. Now that the opportunity was real, she felt fear. Not before loneliness. Before the unknown. Whoever was there already lived on this island — or
The Island of the Silence Chapter 22 – The interior of the island
In the third morning, Mara woke up with the feeling that she no longer only at the edge could remain. The beach had given its safety. The sea was open, visible, more predictable than the dense forest behind it. There was they see the horizon and agree that a ship may appear at any time. But the beach alone wouldn't be enough. Not if nobody really came. She sat in the sand and looked at her shelter, which now consists of several boards, Palm leaves and a half broken barrel. It was enough for a night. Maybe for some more. But she knew how fast the sun burned and how cold the night could be. She needed more. Tools. Eatable. A better place. Mara took the green backpack, the pocket knife and the empty Water bottles that she had filled at the brook. Then she stood Waldrand and felt this old pulling in the abdomen again. Fear. The forest was beautiful in the morning. Sun rays fell through the canopy in golden paths. Colorful birds flying between the branches. The soil s
The Island of the Silence Chapter 21 – Tracks in the morning
Mara woke before the sun rose above the horizon. For a moment she didn't know why her back hurt and why her skin after salt and smoke smelled — then everything returned. The beach. The storm. The island. She got up abruptly. The sky was in that delicate gray-blue that only exists shortly before sunrise. The sea lay smooth, almost ineffectively peaceful, and the air was cool enough that it fröstelte. She was listening for a moment. Just waves. Bird calls. The quiet rustling of the palm leaves. Nothing from the eyes of the night. Maybe she had imagined it. Maybe it was just an animal she had observed. But the thought didn't let her go. Mara got up slowly. Her legs felt stiff, her muscles hurt as her body would have fought against the waves all night. She stepped out of her crooked condition and stopped. In the damp sand in front of her camp were traces. She saw her right away. Small, narrow prints, barely deeper than that of a dog — but different. Too round. To u
The Island of the Silence Chapter 20 – The First Night
The darkness came fast. Faster than Mara expected. Also the sky had burned in warm colors, then the light was suddenly disappeared as if someone had pulled a curtain over the world. Back only remained the sea that glittered silver under the moon, and the black Edge of the forest behind her. Mara sat together under her in need of support from boards and wood. It wasn't a real protection. Only a roof slanted against the palm, which she somehow calmed down because it the feeling of not being completely unprotected. The wind had left. But it just made it all scarier. For now she heard every little thing. The rustling of the leaves. The ornaments of insects. The occasional crack from the forest. Once she heard something bigger going through the underwood. Mara died immediately. She stopped breathing. The noise tumulted after a few seconds. But her heart beat too fast. She pressed the small pocket knife firmly in her hand. So firm that her fingers hurt. It was ridicu
The Island of the Silence Chapter 19 – The first day
The sun was almost perpendicular to the island. Mara didn't know how long she had been on the beach. Time felt suddenly different. No more in hours or appointments. Rather in waves, light and Breaths. The sea was so calm that it seemed almost cruel. As if it had tried to kill her in the night, and would now glitter innocently as if had nothing happened. Mara was wizard about the face with his back. Salt burned on her skin. Her throat was dry. So dry that every breath scratched. Thirsty. This thought came suddenly with brutal clarity. She had swallowed seawater. Her mouth tasted bitter and salty. Your lips were torn. She turned slowly to the island. The forest started right behind the beach. Density green. High trees with wide leaves. Lianes between the tribes ! Unknown flowers in bright colors. Fine. And threatening. Everything in it was strange. Every shadow between the trees suddenly seemed like a secret. Mara stayed on the edge. The sea behind her. The fores
The Island of the Silence Chapter 18 – Awakening
When Mara opened her eyes, she didn't know where she was. For a long moment everything was just light. White, flickering light that penetrated through her closed eyelids and hers Thought envyed. She heard a uniform noise, deep and infinite, and believed first, she would still dream. Then the pain came. Dump first. Then everywhere. In her shoulders. In their arms. In her back. Even breathing burned. Mara pulled in sharp air and set up in a jerk. Immediately she went through a dizzy, so strong that she almost returned sacked. Sand stuck on her skin. Her hair was wet, glued with salt and small shell fragments. Your clothes hang hard on her, still wet from the sea. Slowly she lifted her eyes. There was a beach in front of her. Breit. Hell. Almost ineffectively quiet. The water rolled to the shore in calm waves as if the storm never existed. The sun was already high in the sky. Her warm light glittered on the Water surface like a thousand small mirrors. Mara blink
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