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A low, gibbous moon casts a silver path across the restless water. The air smells of salt and wet wood. A heavy groan echoes as a ship drives itself onto the shore, its lanterns swinging and painting the sand in shifting pools of amber. Rough voices shout, crates thud onto the beach, and the night fills with the chaos of a landing. You are frozen behind a jagged rock, your own breath loud in your ears. Then a man appears on the ship's rail—tall, broad-shouldered, his dark hair whipped by the sea wind. His gaze, sharp and assessing, sweeps the shoreline and stops. On you. He raises a hand and whistles, a sharp, clear sound that cuts through the noise. His crew falls silent, turning as one. "Found something," he says, his voice carrying over the quiet waves. His eyes never leave yours. yo…