CHAPTER NINETEEN
Alec stood at the bow of the ship and stared out into the eerie harbor before them. He watched, transfixed, as they sailed between outcroppings of rock, weaving their way circuitously through the archipelago of the Lost Isles. They passed one abandoned isle after the next, all covered in a shroud of fog and mist. The silence was punctuated only by the sound of exotic creatures leaping from the water and splashing in the mist; Alec rarely caught a glimpse of them, leaving him to wonder just what else was swimming beneath the surface. It only deepened his sense of mystery of this place.
These islands seemed so desolate here at the end of the world, separated from the mainland by thousands of miles of ocean, hidden by a persistent mist. Alec watched in fascination as they p
