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"No big deal Pretty much half the population of Captive’s Sound has a boat"

"How couys don’t? No time, with the restaurant?"

Mateo hesitated "We had one Moht another" He’d never knohat became of the boat Had it washed up, been found and disposed of by so that had touched the Cabot curse? Or did it drift out to sea? Itin the middle of the ocean, empty and alone

Nadia’s hand briefly rested on his shoulder "I’ht"

"You didn’t know" He took a deep breath "Conment in chemistry?"

"No homework I can reunned on the first yank, and soon they were ski out at dark like this was risky, he knew, but they couldn’t be seen; diving ay ht theured--they were heading straight for the lighthouse

It still ranaround the water in wide circles As the sky overhead darkened, the lighthouse turned on; the first time the beam swept over their boat, it was as if they hthouse keeper see us?" Nadia shouted over the roar of the engine Her black hair streamed behind her in the wind

Mateo shook his head "It’s automated We’re safe"

Then his eyes widened, and he didn’t feel safe anyht beneath the water

Finally the sky was dark enough for Mateo to take it in as he had before The steady, greenish gloas a few dozen feet fro surface of the waves, this close, h it were alive so as if to enclose them

He cut the motor Their boat continued forward propelled only by ?"

"We’re almost there Can you not see it?"

"No Tell me"

Mateo pointed at the heart of it, only a few feet away now The light seeht in its net "Right there That’s where I need to dive"