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Chapter 318

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The Boat Returns

Nobody moved.

Nobody breathed.

Nobody even blinked.

The boat was moving.

Toward them.

Slowly.

Steadily.

Against the storm.

Against the waves.

Against everything that should have stopped it.

God.

That wasn't possible.

Fair.

Not even close.

Reasonable honestly.

Then the foghorn echoed again.

BWOOOOOOOM.

The sound rolled across the ocean.

Deep.

Ancient.

Unnatural.

Then Peanut buried her face against Lily's side.

For the first time all day—

she wasn't talkin
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