What had Father done? She could have saved Spencer. Spencer had risked his life to save them. He was her friend and didn’t deserve to die.
Her fingers clutched the wood. She wanted to help and her father stopped her. Why? Didn’t he care about his crew?
Her father swam toward her, gripping a piece of drifting wood. Glaring at him, she spat out seawater. “Why didn’t you let me save him?”
He narrowed his eyes. “Because you’d have failed.”