Page 449 of Hidden Depths

Then pulled the corresponding levers aboard Sea Whisper.

A third circle glowed across the gate.

SOUTH CONFIRMED.

The timer reached three minutes.

Ross kicked the case closer to the edge.

“You’re going to let me leave.”

“No,” Storm said.

“I know where James hid everything.”

“So does Thomas.”

“Thomas will die from that bullet.”

Rage flashed across Storm’s face.

I stepped in front of her.

“Don’t.”

Ross smiled.

“Still protecting her.”

“Always.”

The word left me without hesitation.

Storm looked at me.

There was no time to take it back.

I didn’t want to.

Ivy’s voice came through the radio.

“The fourth symbol is the heart.”

Willow spoke behind her.

“There’s a heart carved into the engine-room wall.”

“What’s inside it?” Storm asked.

Ivy struck something metal.

“A keyhole.”

“Do you have a key?”

“No.”

Hazel gasped.