Prologue
[ASHFORD COVE - NIGHT - 1903]
There was a big steamship called CORALINE. It carried people and goods up and down the coast. On June 12, 1903, it was near Ashford Cove.
A fast, bad storm hit. It wasn’t normal for summer. The waves got huge. The wind broke the ship’s wheel. Coraline crashed into the sharp rocks right outside the cove.
The ship sank in 6 minutes. 147 people were on board. No one made it out. Kids, moms, sailors — all of them drowned in the same spot.
The next morning, the water in the cove turned black. Like oil. When bodies washed up on the beach, their mouths were full of seaweed. Their eyes were open, like they saw something scary.
