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That left only one answer “Then it had to be piracy,” Paul said

“Which would explain a great deal,” Ga our present location”

Paul nodded They were over three hundred miles northeast of the Waratah’s last reported position Given that the current in Mozambique Channel flowed north to south and then around the Cape, she couldn’t have drifted to their current location unless her resting place had been even farther up the coast, even farther from where she should have been

“To be honest,” Paul said, “I’ve been thinking it ht have been piracy for a while I can’t come up with any other reason for her to wind up this far from where she should have been”

Gamay nodded “But if you were a pirate and you’d just taken a large ship for a prize, the first thing you’d do is sail it in the opposite direction, out of the shipping lanes, away from where anyone would look”

“Explains why the search and rescue vessels from the Royal Navy and the Blue Anchor Line never found her either,” Paul said “They were looking in the wrong place”

Elena chiroup of pirates board the ship, take control of her, and turn her north, knowing it will be days before a search even begins By that tier zone”

“Must have been easy to disappear back then,” Gamay noted “Radios weren’t in use on ships yet And the airplane had only been invented six years prior, which meant they were few and far between and of relatively short range Certainly not suited for longships”

“It was a different time,” Paul said, “even compared to ten years later”

Paul found hirow deeper and more complex by the moment “So where did she end up?” he wondered aloud

“Considering the current in this section of the world, it could be anywhere from here to Somalia,” Elena said

“That’s true,” Gaht narrow it down Strangely enough, it begins with taking a closer look at those spiders”

Paul raised an eyebrow “You really are cured”

“Only temporarily,” she said “You still have to kill them for me at home”

“I set them free out the back door,” Paul said