Chapter 228

Graham’s POV

I dragged in a breath of salt air and choked on it.

I stood at the railing of the salvage vessel, my hands gripping the cold metal so hard the skin across my knuckles threatened to split. It had been seven days.

Seven days of staring into the relentless, shimmering blue of the Mediterranean, watching sonar screens and dive teams resurface with nothing but empty hands.

The sun was begi