In this essay, Vanessa Riley reflects on betrayal, trust, and the scars we carry—through lived experience and the journey of Jacquotte Delahaye in Fire Sword and Sea. A meditation on forgiveness, boundaries, and choosing healing without losing yourself.
Keywords: betrayal, trust, healing from betrayal, surviving betrayal, forgiveness and anger, trauma recovery, trust after betrayal, emotional healing, marginalized voices, betrayal trauma, Fire Sword and Sea, Jacquotte Delahaye, pirate fiction, women pirates, historical fiction, personal essay, grief and trust, boundaries and forgiveness, leadership and betrayal, scars of betrayal, recovery after betrayal
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