Solitude of Sand and Salt

Tenth anniversary. Final night at sea. One velvet box, one diamond eternity ring, and twelve hours between Carter and the rest of his life with Chloe.They don't get twelve minutes.When the dead pour from the dining halls of the Siren of the Seas, Chloe shoves Carter over the rail with a single word — Jump — and the Gulf Stream tears them apart. He wakes on a mangrove key the pelicans have already ...