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Nicholas Boothman
Chapter 2: Coimbra
Henry stepped off the train into the heart of
Coimbra. His pulse quickened. After all this time,
after all the wreckage she had left behind, he was
about to see her again.
He walked fast through the familiar medieval
streets, letting the rhythm of the language around
him keep him steady.
He passed a bookstore where a little girl was
reading aloud to her grandmother, her voice high
and sure.
A few steps later, a street preacher thundered
about repentance on the corner.
Henry caught the tricks in the man’s delivery,
sly and manipulative, but he kept walking.
Still, none of it slowed the knot in his chest. He
was about to face Carolina. And the thought made
him feel sixteen again, raw and exposed.
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