By 11:00 PM, the coastal storm had completely cleared the Massachusetts coastline. The gale-force winds died down to a crisp, gentle autumn breeze, leaving the midnight sky above the harbor vast, clear, and dusted with millions of diamond-bright stars reflecting off the calm water. Inside the waterfront loft, the quiet was heavy, solemn, and charged with the electric anticipation of the coming dawn. On Tessa's phone, an official email from…
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