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11 Ratings

3.4

Duration
11H 2min
Language
English
Format
Category

Fiction

Two people fall in love. Kevern doesn't know why his father always drew two fingers across his lips when he said a world starting with a J. Ailinn too has grown up in the dark about where she came from. On their first date Kevern kisses the bruises under her eyes. He doesn't ask who hurt her. Hanging over the lives of everyone is a past event shrouded in suspicion, now referred to as What Happened, If It Happened.

© 2014 W. F. Howes Ltd (Audiobook): 9781471273162

Release date

Audiobook: September 25, 2014

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