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Author’s POV Nina stands frozen, her legs trembling beneath her, as chaos erupts throughout the ship. She knows it’s Wade. She knows someone must have seen him, but how and how much did they see? But she doesn’t have time to process that as distant figures of the crew barrel toward her. The sound of hurried footsteps shakes her out of her stupor, and panic grips her like a vise. "Help!" she screams, her voice piercing the air as her hands rush to her head, clutching her hair as if she were about to fall apart. "My husband! He went overboard! Please help me!” The crew comes to a halt in front of her, their faces lighting up with apparent recognition, before one of them steps forward, his urgency palpable. "Ma'am, we have received a notification that someone has gone overboard. The capta