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Mara hauls herself onto her boat and finds the radio wires cut clean. Vares planned this. A second skiff idles nearby, and a woman on its deck calls across the water: "Come aboard. We'll explain. Or you can keep diving alone until this wreck takes you too."

Mara refuses to board. She fires up her engine and runs for the harbor at full throttle, the Vares skiff chasing her wake. She reaches the marina, jumps onto the dock, and shouts for the harbor patrol. The chase ends in flashing lights and questions. She kept her claim, her boat, and her life, and the truth about the wreck is finally going to come out in daylight.

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