“But that seems like such a bother.

Hannah sighed, her sense of helplessness apparent, “In that case, wait here for me, I’ll swiftly fetch you some warmer clothing.

“Yay!” Grace exclaimed with boundless enthusiasm, stepping toward the water, and waved at Hannah with a radiant smile.

“I always knew Hannah was the best!”

Reluctantly, Hannah retraced her steps to the hotel, grabbed a long- sleeved jacket and hastened back to the shoreline.

Yet, in the span of a mere five minutes, Grace, who had been so recently immersed in the seaside merriment, had vanished.

The expanse of beach lay vacant, devoid of any soul.

gripped by alarm, her voice

“Miss Mitchell! Grace!”

Hannah’s solitary voice, unanswered

Hannah urgently dialed

Mitchell has gone

turned frigid in an

immediately! Where are you

& Stay

“I’m near the shoreline.

the phone,

her eyes narrowed, fixating

swiftly pivoted toward the rock’s

on that

the other end of

and promptly

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