Stephen, in the that moment, wished he could have read Amaris the way that John, Damon, and Matthias seemed to be able to. The way she looked at him, for so long, made him begin to lose his confidence in her. Was she really going to hand him over to Ahab and save everyone?
Stephen, he supposed, could not really have blamed her, he just thought she was better than that. He had thought, perhaps, that family meant more than that. But, of course, Stephen should have seen that coming. She had told him on the day they met that family meant nothing to her. He had assumed, or at least hoped, that her point of view on that front would change with time. Apparently, he was wrong.
Rosie would never even consider betraying him like this.
Amaris began to laugh sadistically, surprising them all. There
