The Shallow Spot gothic unremarkable at first glance —

unremarkable at first glance — the sort one might pass over in a drawer of trinkets or catch glinting on a widow’s wrist

sharp against the skin and loud enough to swallow a shout

and devotion shadowed by secrecy

kept alive by forgotten promises and untold secrets

The Shallow Spot gothic unremarkable at first glance —The claw was brought up tangled in netting, along with a length of chain that had no business being at that depth. Ives cut it free with his knife, thumb testing the weight of it before anyone else could reach. One pincer was gone clean off, the break rounded over as if it hadnt happened recently. It still held the shape of something that once moved, jointed and curved, the copper thick in places where the sea had favoured it. A green bead sat above