“What on earth could that be?” he muttered to himself, his head raging with possibilities. The sudden disappearance of movement only further aroused his curiosity, turning it into a burning desire to unravel the secrets the ship hid.
The mystery only intensified as the minutes passed, leaving Peter with a flood of questions. The idea that whatever or whoever had moved on the ship might have been stuck there for weeks, maybe even months, was baffling. Given the ship’s state and its gradual drift across the ocean, the thought of survival seemed almost inconceivable.