[image]SKIFF

pg.3 Cole Matthews knelt defiantly in the bow of the aluminum skiff as he faced forward into a cold September wind.

- a light rowboat

[image]BANISHMENT

pg.3 Cole strained at the cuffs even though he had agreed to wear them until he was freed on the island to begin his banishment.

- act of banishing

[image]GRUFF

pg.4 When he first met Edmin in Drake , the gruff elder took one look and pointed a finger at him.

- grumpy, brusque, impolite

[image]SMIRKED

pg.4 Still standing on the dock in front of everyone,Cole smirked as he undressed

- to smile in an unpleasant way

[image]BRACING

pg.5 Bracing himself now against the heavy seas, Cole held the same smirk.

- giving strength,vigor, freshness

[image]CHAFE(D)

pg.5 His blue jeans, heavy wool shirt, and rain jacket chafed his skin, but it didn't matter.

- to rub so as to wear away

[image]COWER(ING)

pg.7 By then Peter was cowering on the blood- smeared sidewalk, sobbing.

- to move back or bend your body down because you are afraid.