Page 443 of Hidden Depths

Behind it waited an old brass wheel.

Five symbols surrounded its center.

One began glowing.

NORTH POSITION DETECTED.

Storm crossed the room.

She placed her hand on the wheel.

“Tell me what you see aboard Sea Whisper.”

Hazel answered.

“Five switches beneath the chart table.”

“Are they labeled?”

“No. They have symbols.”

“Which ones?”

“A wave. A compass. A camera. A bell. And a heart.”

Calle looked at the camera.

“The same symbols on the photograph.”

Storm studied the cracked screen.

“Calle, can you enlarge it?”

She did.

Five points surrounded the Sinclair emblem.

Each point contained one symbol.

“It’s a sequence,” Calle said.

“What order?”

“The compass first.”

Storm gripped the brass wheel.

“North.”

She turned it.

The lighthouse groaned.

A light illuminated beneath the compass symbol.

NORTH CONFIRMED.

The lower passage shook.