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Ninety Fathoms to Anywhere

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As they loaded the jars, a light swept over them. The smaller bell from above had come down too, and a diver was hauling a grappling hook toward their chain. Whoever it was meant to take the bell and everything inside it. "They followed us," Sefu hissed. "Move!"

Sefu grabbed the cutting knife and swam out fast, sawing at the grappling rope while Iyla steadied the bell. The rope snapped. Above, the other diver's boat lurched and the stranger tumbled into the sea. The siblings hauled him aboard their own raft instead of leaving him to drown, and he wept his thanks.

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