Chapter 7: The Light She Tended

The coast of northern Maine, they had been told, was a rugged edge that adhered to no laws. The shape of the coastline wound and buckled from the northern provinces of Canada to the milder country of New Hampshire, defying the crisp borders of maps. The landscape was ever-changing, with the Atlantic pebbling the rocks and rewriting the coastline over eons, millennia. No defense could freeze the tide.