Chapter 9After absorbing what he’d read last night, the least surprising thing to Noah was finding himself in front of the Cane’s Inlet Historical Society. A day after the clouds had moved on to other lands, the overnight rain had left behind soaked streets and streaks of rainbows. Upon waking, the sheets of his bed had been drenched, too, dreams of pirates and diamonds having consumed him after his marathon reading session the night before. He’d fallen asleep without dinner and awakened to find his copy of The Serpent and the Sea on the floor, no doubt having fallen as he’d tossed and turned amidst vibrant images of yesteryear. The tale of how Captain Medusa had been born from Viktor Canstanopolous remained with him, even as he sought to discover more information on the family that had b

