Lilith's Tears - Chapter One

Silence, silence, and he lay there. The island stirred.

The ship cut like a swan through placid ocean surface, leaving in its wake a long white gash of waves, expanding outwards before disappearing back to unbroken depths. Above, the summer sun beamed out, enthroned in a clear sky. Not a single cloud drifted by to hinder this sunlight, as it danced upon the sea, glittering and across the gentle undulations. All was calm, all was impossibly serene. The warm light of the tropics breathed new lif...