Closely guarded secret no more

“I still can’t believe we are finally here.”

Audrey was still a little breathy when she muttered this under her breath. Her eyes were fixated on a far-off distance as she was watching the dark silhouette of Shamrock start to bleed into a more solid figure, and its outline got clearer as their sail neared the horizon.

This would be their second time coming in close proximity to the said landmark; their first was ultimately that one incident just when right before they were attacked by the sea monster.

At that time, a series of unexplainable events hindered them from successfully reaching Shamrock; one of which was the sudden formation of a raging tempest that foundered their ship. After that, they were taken by Kraken and the rest was history.

But now looking back, Audrey and the others had arrived at a single conclusion, more likely, someone was pulling the strings from behind.

“I bet if it were not for Alec Romanov and his beast, we have already made it halfway through our quest by n