The Scandalous Step Siblings: First Enemies, Then Lovers
"Look out your western window."
The old man turned his head sharply toward the small, round porthole on the right side of the cabin. I leaned over his shoulder, squinting through the salt-crusted glass. The sun had completely gone down now, leaving the horizon a deep, starless, suffocating black. But out on the water, about half a mile away, a single, brilliant white light was burning. It was a massive, military-grade searchlight, cutting through the dark waves, its beam bouncing erratically off the swells as it headed straight toward the *Melody*.