CHAPTER EIGHTAs Verena slept on, she began to dream.
In her dream, she imagined that she was on a ship – one not unlike the Seahorse – and she was trapped below deck desperately trying to find a way out. She was no longer Jean the chef – she was herself once more and as she ran, she constantly tripped up on the hem of her dress.
In the distance, she could hear music. She knew that for some reason she had to find its source, but try as she might, she could not locate where it was coming from.
Every door she opened, there was nothing but an empty cabin in front of her.
She became more and more agitated and began to cry.
Suddenly out of nowhere a black cat appeared chasing a mouse along one of the corridors. Curious, she followed it and in a flash, the cat lost interest in the mouse and
