Secrets Beneath the Waves

The salty ocean breeze whipped through Jane Kitmer's long, dark hair as she carefully brushed away the sand from an ancient artifact she had just uncovered. A marine archaeologist born and raised on the lush Hawaiian Islands; Jane was intimately familiar with the mysteries hidden beneath the crystal blue waters. But nothing could have prepared her for the haunting discovery she held delicately in her tanned hands.
It was a flat, intricately carved piece of whalebone, adorned with faded paintings that seemed to depict a lone voyager paddling across the vast Pacific Ocean. As Jane's fingers traced the grooves, an eerie shadow flickered in the corner of her eye. She whipped her head around, heart pounding, to see the faint outline of a man standing upright in a canoe on the shimmering tide.