The greatest adventure

Previously

…The question hung in the air between them, heavy with unspoken implications. Anya felt a sudden, overwhelming urge to turn ‘The Wanderer’ and flee, to put as much distance as possible between herself and this woman who seemed to know too much. The Amazon, once a beckoning paradise, now felt tinged with a new, unsettling danger. The greatest adventure, it seemed, was about to become a lot more complicated. Anya gripped the tiller, her knuckles white, her gaze fixed on the horizon, a silent promise forming within her: she would protect her grandfather’s legacy, whatever it might be, from prying eyes like Lilly’s. The sea breeze, once a caress, now felt like a chill wind of warning.