The shed latch sticks. You lift it, and the boy slips inside to retrieve a bundle of clothes. I'm Finn. Mara said I could stay until she found someone on the mainland. He gives you a brass key, its bow shaped like a bell. She said to trust the person with the green suitcase. Nobody else would keep that ugly thing. You laugh once, unexpectedly. Mara had repaired its handle for you years ago. Finn's smile vanishes when a lamp flashes beyond the harbor. He saw a boat unloading without lights, he says. Elias found him watching and locked him in the shed. He escaped through a loose board but left the key beneath his bedding. You wrap your coat around his shoulders. He knows a woman at coastwatch who will help, if you can get him there. Mara went toward the old tunnel. She told me not to follow. She was scared, but she wasn't leaving us. You take his hand before the next flash can make him run.
A missing sister. A falsified signal. One storm to decide what the truth will cost Greyhaven.
Listen closely. Choose carefully. Carry the consequences.
Every path leaves a different story.