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A second later, the password screen dissolved, revealing a search prompt

She looked at him, impressed “You can hack into a computer?”

“Ha, I wish!” he said with a s”

“Brothers,” she said with a nod “Can’t live with ’em, can’t live without ’em”

They turned their attention to the monitor Enrique typed in some search terms—sea witch, Triton Bay, myth, sailors The search icon spun A few seconds later, results flooded the screen, spanning down the monitor Shelly scanned them quickly Her heart lurched when she saw the title of one of the archived documents:

THE SEA WITCH AND THE TRIDENT

“Click on that one,” she said, pointing to it Enrique did

It appeared to be an old Triton Bay fairy tale They both scanned the story, reading the flowing handwritten text that had been archived in the online database Shelly read it aloud

“ ‘Once upon a tiranted him the power to control the ocean and all the creatures in it Whoever possessed the trident would automatically become the most powerful creature in the sea and could also wreak havoc on the world above if they so chose That’s why the sea witch would do anything to get it One night, she tried to kill King Triton and take the trident froreat sea battle, di knew that the sea witch couldn’t be trusted, so he used the trident to place a powerful spell on her that confined her to Triton Bay Thus, the bay became her prison, where she would live out the rest of her days’ ”

“There we have it,” said Enrique

Shelly nodded at the monitor “Look, there’s more”

Enrique read: “ ‘But the king was still unsatisfied He put a spell on the trident to protect it fro hands and hid it soends, nobody knew exactly where it was hidden’ ”

“Until now,” Shelly said, looking up from the computer

Enrique thought for a ht? The sea witch can’t leave the bay The aquariuet the trident”

“Hiding the trident in plain sight is perfect cae,” Shelly said