EpilogueDreams had died. So many of them.
But a future waited to be written, the sins of the past unable to be undone. Perhaps Noah would set pen to paper, not unlike Zander Cane, producing a sequel to The Serpent and the Sea. Telling the final chapter of the story of the Medusa. He stared at it now. what was left of its burned shell. He wasn’t alone.
“Are you okay?”
“Right now, I think I’m numb.”
“How’s your wound?”
“Superficial. A few stiches. Funny, getting stitches twice in two weeks. Before then, nary a scratch on my body. Like White Pine represents safety, Cane’s Inlet danger.”
“The danger is over. Stefan will never hurt anyone again.”
“No, he won’t.”
Demetri Cane reached for his hand. Squeezed it, not just out of reassurance, but of love.
Noah smiled at him, thankful for hi
