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Broken Voyagers
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Tina placed her hand on Bette’s. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to…”
The young archaeologist smiled a sad smile. She knew of course Tina had not meant anything by her words. A pat back on Tina’s hand reassured that no offence had been taken.
“So, we have a riddle and a list of sunken ships.” Bette diverted the conversation by grabbing the other piece of paper she had retrieved from the coffee table. “This list is baffling to say the least. Some of those wrecks are ancient, some are more recent.”
“Have you heard of those names before?” Tina was curious.
“I know a few.” Bette answered, her eyes scanning the list she had read time and time again the night before. “Either because they are famous or just because they are popular amongst divers; Antikythera, Oseberg, Makeshift, Avondster, HMS Association, Whydah, SS Central America, Yongala, Stella, Vironia and HMS Edinburgh. I’m sure my dad must have explored most of them. His experience before the accident was extensive ….and worldwide.”
“How does the riddle fit in all this?” Tina continued a little lost.
“Well… it is obviously something to do with boats; ‘This needle did not sew the pieces of this fabric’ I think, may be talking about a compass. Compasses have needles …”
“So…does that mean, ‘Still they caught the wind’ is talking about the sails which that needle may have sewn together?” Tina offered. The riddle was quite simple despite the fact it had taken them most of the night to decipher.
Bette nodded. It was the best interpretation she could think of herself. It made perfect sense. “That would mean that, that ‘steadying centre line’ is the keel because this is exactly what a keel is, a ridge to increase stability and it runs through the centre of a boat or a ship.”
A moment silence passed between the two women before Bette broke the silence.
“My father wants me to go and dive on all those wrecks because if that treasure exists it is to be found on one of those.”
“Is that what he means by ‘Seek beneath it all?”
Before Bette had time to answer, the shrill ring of the telephone interrupted their conversation.
The brunette stood immediately to answer the phone not without glancing back towards Tina with a questioning look on her face. The blonde responded with a little shrug of her shoulders. It was obvious that the young biologist was equally puzzled by who could be phoning at this time.
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Hi! You one of my favourite writers and i very glad and happy that you returned and finished this amazing story! Thank you very much!
After i reading i leave another comment which will be more about story plot.
Wow Kins this takes care of my weekend reading!
Will comment again when I’ve read it.
Thanks in advance for posting.
SG
So glad you finished this story! Thank you for sticking it out and giving us this story. Loved it
Hi Kins,
So glad to see this story! It will take some time to read it and i will leave a comment after i finish.
Hi, welcom back, Kins!
Thank you for finished this story! Ok, now i’m going to read it.
Hi, Kins
Oh my God, Kins, welcome back, after almost 2 years, it’s been a long time, but reading the whole story now I feel, the wait was worth.
You have given us a quite wonderful and interesting story full of adventures and riddles and full of love of my favorite couple Bette and Tina.
You ended the story in a very good way, but I feel as if I want to know more about them, if Bette gets the funding for her project in Mexico, the wedding, their partnership, what Tina does for a job… and many more things.
I hope we could read more new beautiful stories from you; I like very much your style.
Thank you very much and please, post other TIBETTE stories
P
Ok, i read again this story, this time the whole and i’m ready to leave another comment.
First – thank you again for finish the story.
Second – happy to see happy final -treasure was found, bitch Kelly got lost. And i must say i like how you got rid from her – like in life we can say with 100% probability what happened – or she sank or she was killed by shark.
Third – i like how you described Bette and Tina and love between them. I like it in all your stories (maybe with one exception – in Frozen beginnings i don’t like your Bette during the story, but in final she corrected :) )
So, welcome back and maybe in the future we can see another great story from you? I really hope so.
Hi Kins,
Really enjoyed the read, thank you so much.
A great Story and I loved reading it in one post. As an English Lady I really enjoyed your explanation of Cricket!
I would love it if you would now consider a Sequel with these two characters.
Thanks again for posting.
SG
Welcom back, Kins!
I was a silent reader a long time, but after you finished this story i must register to say – “Thank you for fantastic story! And i hope this story won’t be your last on this site!”
Totaly agree with MissOne – i hope this story won’t be the last from you too!
Hi Kins,
You took us trough a incredible journey! Full of adventures, little clues i tried to catch to find the treasure, the background on the history of those ships and of course the love between Bette & Tina.
I really hope you will continu with a sequel or a new story.
Thank you so much for posting the whole story after two long years!
In-cre-di-ble! Kins, thank you so much for returning to this story and for giving us such a glorious and sweet ending. You’re such a talented writer. What a wonderful plot with astonishing details to the treasure hunt.
I second the previous comments and hope you’ll find the inspiration (and time) to work on a sequel. Maybe Bette’s project in Mexico with a twist with some unexpected traces of a legendary Aztec treasure ;)
Well ive read it at last.So pleased you managed to finish this story.I know how long it was in conception and all the research you did for its authenticity.
A great read.Loved the shark sequence.Found it quite thrilling.
Not as thrilling as the love scenes that you tell so well between Bette and Tina tho ????
Look forward to the next story that you will write for us.
Don’t make it too long a wait tho
C.x
Kins…!!! Yay! It’s really you!!
^_^
First, am so happy to see your name appear again! :) been so long!! So Glad to hear from you! hope all are fine for you and your love one!
Second, OMG…! The Long story at once!! Woohooo… such a great treat! THANKS!!
And third…. LOVE your story! This is so worthy! Appreciate your hard work in researching, plotting, writing and sharing this wonderful story! Your writing style is getting more interesting and fantastic! It’s Long pages but I just can’t stop reading it – well there’s a moment where I wanted to stop reading when that low creature kidnap her (ugh.. I don’t want to spoil the story).. it’s too much for me.. >.<
Again… thanks for sharing your talent here! :) if you ever consider to publish this, do update us here! ;-)
Take care always Kins! ^.^
Just finished reading. It was a fun read. Thanks for the adventure.
Wow!!!! Such rich detail that it feels so true ,.. as if you have near lived these experiences ur self. And along w the romance of it, I learned so much about ship wrecks and diving. Do post it on AO3 as well to get a broader audience… it belongs to stories worth sharing :)