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And sometimes, on quiet nights, Cora swore she could hear Yarlist’s voice among the others, singing the names of the lost, one by one, until the sea had nothing left to steal.

She never told anyone what she saw. But she started hiking up to the ridge every week, bringing Yarlist bread and tea. And when Yarlist finally died—years later, in his sleep, with a faint smile and a warm, dark stone clutched in his hand—Cora buried him on the ridge, facing the sea. yarlist'

Cora looked at her hands. The earth under her palms was cool now, silent. She stayed on the ridge until dawn, thinking about the woman with the baby, and the baby’s calm, sleeping face. And sometimes, on quiet nights, Cora swore she

Cora counted thirty-seven.