Kostas’s point of view The sea is quiet this morning. A rare thing, really. Usually the wind wrestles with the waves by this hour, but today the water rests like glass, only a whisper of foam curling on the sand. I kick off my shoes at the edge of the path, ignoring how the gravel bites at my soles, and walk down the slope barefoot. The beach is empty—just how I like it. Just how it always is. I roll my shoulders, stretching out the stiffness from sleep and training, breathing in the sharp scent of salt and pine. There’s something sacred about this hour—before the village stirs, before the sun gets too bold. It’s just me, the sea, and the ghosts of my thoughts. Except today, someone else is here. A girl. She’s standing barefoot at the shoreline, her arms wrapped around herself despite the warmth. She doesn’t hear me at first, too caught up in the tide, in the horizon maybe. Her white robe clings to her knees where the sea has kissed it. Her hair is unbrushed, tumbling
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