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Chapter 11: The Last Calm Day

9 min read · 2,061 words

The day before the Drowning Season began, Kelder's Bight did what it apparently did every year, without ceremony and without anyone needing to announce it: it battened down. Nora watched it happen from the harbor with something between anthropological fascination and creeping unease. Boats that had sat loosely moored all month were suddenly triple-lashed to their slips. The diner put up hand-lett...

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