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Their sharp dialogue reveals attraction, friction, and escalating conflict while the group and a strict teacher push forward. As the setting deepens, local geography and historical significance begin to surface, hinting that the location is more than scenery.","THE WATCH HOUSE  \nDavid Blake  \n[www.david-blake.co.uk](www.david-blake.co.uk)  \nProofread by Jay G Arscott.  \nThanks to my beta readers Kath Middleton, Ann Studd, Anna Burke, Emma Stubbs, and Jan Edge. Special thanks to the Blakeney Watch House Trust for their kind permission to feature the Watch House in this work of fiction.  \nPublished by Black Oak Publishing Ltd in Great Britain, 2026  \nDisclaimer:  \nThese are works of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, and incidents are either the products of the author ’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely  \ncoincidental.  \nCopyright © David Blake 2026  \nThe right of David Blake to be identified as the Author of the Work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1998. All rights reserved. This eBook is for your enjoyment only. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other non-commercial uses permitted by copyright law.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCONTENTS  \nPrologue  \nChapter One  \nChapter Two  \nChapter Three  \nChapter Four  \nChapter Five  \nChapter Six  \nChapter Seven  \nChapter Eight  \nChapter Nine  \nChapter Ten  \nChapter Eleven  \nChapter Twelve  \nChapter Thirteen  \nChapter Fourteen  \nChapter Fifteen  \nChapter Sixteen  \nChapter Seventeen Chapter Eighteen  \nChapter Nineteen  \nChapter Twenty  \nChapter Twenty One  \nChapter Twenty Two  \nChapter Twenty Three Chapter Twenty Four  \nChapter Twenty Five  \nChapter Twenty Six  \nChapter Twenty Seven Chapter Twenty Eight  \nChapter Twenty Nine  \nChapter Thirty  \nChapter Thirty One  \nChapter Thirty Two  \nChapter Thirty Three Chapter Thirty Four  \nChapter Thirty Five  \nChapter Thirty Six  \nChapter Thirty Seven Chapter Thirty Eight  \nChapter Thirty Nine  \nChapter Forty  \nChapter Forty One  \nChapter Forty Two  \nChapter Forty Three Chapter Forty Four  \nChapter Forty Five  \nChapter Forty Six  \nChapter Forty Seven  \nChapter Forty Eight  \nChapter Forty Nine  \nChapter Fifty  \nChapter Fifty One  \nChapter Fifty Two  \nChapter Fifty Three  \nChapter Fifty Four  \nChapter Fifty Five  \nChapter Fifty Six  \nChapter Fifty Seven  \nChapter Fifty Eight  \nChapter Fifty Nine  \nChapter Sixty  \nChapter Sixty One  \nEpilogue  \n“Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.”  \nEcclesiastes 7:7  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nPROLOGUE  \nTuesday, 22nd September  \nC ALLUM HARRIS CRUNCHED grudgingly along the curving  \nshingle spit that spread out for miles in every bleak, miserable, windswept direction.  \n‘Remind me what we’re doing here again?’ he called out to the slim, curvaceous figure of the young woman marching ahead of him, only for her to continue on.  \n‘Oi, Freya!’ he called again, raising his voice as he jutted his chin into the  \nbiting wind.‘Are you ignoring me, or what?’Slumping to a halt, she turned around to face him.‘Did you say something?’  \n‘I said – remind me what we’re doing here, again?’  \n‘You know what we’re doing here, you moron. Now – are you going to catch up, or am I going to have to leave you behind?’  \n‘Keep up, children!’ came the voice of a tall, gangly man with an unkempt beard, gazing back at them over the heads of a group of twentynine other students.  \n‘Who’s he calling a child?’ muttered Callum, glaring after the teacher ashe continued marching into the wind.‘I’m eighteen, for fuck’s sake!’  \n‘You’re certainly behaving like one,’ Freya muttered, shaking her head at him with just the hint of a smile.  \n‘It’s not my fault,’ he mumbled, shoving his hands into his pockets.‘I’m the product of a generation brought up on mobile phones and pizza. 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