Page 243 of Hidden Depths

This time he removed a folded chart.

The paper had yellowed with age.

Several places along the Gulf Coast were marked with tiny red circles.

Ward immediately stepped closer.

"These aren't fishing spots."

Thomas smiled.

"No."

"They're transfer points."

"For years James tracked every suspicious vessel."

Ivy leaned over the chart.

"They form a pattern."

"They do."

Her finger followed the line connecting each location.

"They aren't random."

Thomas looked at her with approval.

"Your grandfather said you'd see it."

Ivy blinked.

"He wrote about me?"

Thomas chuckled.

"He wrote about all five of you."

"He said..."

"'If anyone can see the map inside the mystery...it'll be Ivy.'"

Ivy laughed through her tears.

"That sounds like Grandpa."

Ward studied the chart.

His expression changed.

"Storm."

"What?"

He pointed toward one of the circles.

"Hidden Cove."