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Reunion of Stars
Part-4
The night air over Salem was crisp, the September winds sweeping over the rocky Massachusetts coast. Selene Carter stood on the cliff, the Brass Ship Sextant (Germany) cradled in her hands like a sacred relic. Her emerald-green eyes reflected the glittering constellation her mother had once traced for her, The Hunter’s Star.
“No sea divides the stars; no stars divide the blood.”
Those words beat in her chest like a second heartbeat.
Arion’s Return
Arion’s Return
Across the Atlantic, Arion Carter guided his makeshift raft toward the faint outline of the New England coastline. His dark hair, tangled and sun-bleached from weeks at sea, clung to his face. His gray eyes burned with determination. The sextant — polished, unwavering — never left his side.
Every calculation, every star alignment brought him closer to this moment. Saltwater had blistered his hands, hunger had hollowed his cheeks, but his spirit had not broken.
When he finally glimpsed the glow of Salem’s harbor lanterns, his chest seized with a flood of relief.
“I’m home,” he whispered hoarsely. “And Selene… you’ll see me again.”
Selene’s Vigil
Selene hadn’t slept in two nights. Margaret Hayes, her confidante, urged her to rest, but the younger woman shook her head.
“I’ll rest when the stars tell me he’s safe.”
She lifted the sextant, aligning its brass arc with the constellations. Her hands trembled — not from weakness, but anticipation. She felt it. Arion was near.
When the lanterns in Salem Harbor flickered against the horizon, her breath caught. She thought it was a dream at first. Then the outline of a battered raft, a man standing tall despite exhaustion, materialized.
Her heart thundered. “Arion.”
The Reunion
The Reunion
The harbor erupted with shouts as fishermen spotted the survivor drifting in. Selene ran down the wharf, skirts flying, hair whipping in the night wind.
Arion stumbled ashore, weak but unbroken. His eyes swept the crowd — until they locked on hers. For a moment, time collapsed. No storms. No mutinies. No oceans. Just blood, bond, and the brass sextant that had carried them through.
Selene’s voice broke as she whispered, “You came back.”
Arion’s lips curled into a tired, triumphant smile. “The stars never lied.”
They collided in an embrace, fierce and unshakable, the sextant pressed between them like the final bridge between two worlds.
The Sextant’s True Legacy
Later that night, in Margaret’s parlor lit by candlelight, the siblings unfolded the hidden star map together. Side by side, they traced the engravings, the constellations, the coded notes their mother had left.
Margaret’s eyes glistened. “Your mother knew this moment would come. She wanted you to see the stars not just as guides for the sea, but as… bridges. The sextant was never about treasure.”
Arion nodded. “It was about us. About surviving the impossible. About coming home.”
Selene placed her hand over his. “And about never doubting that blood, bonds, and legacy are treasures no storm can destroy.”
Symbol of Continuity
Symbol of Continuity
As weeks passed, the sextant became more than a navigational relic. It became a symbol of unity in Salem. Families gathered to hear the Carters’ story — how a brother and sister, divided by sea, were reunited by stars. Collectors whispered about the Brass Ship Sextant’s German craftsmanship, marveling not only at its polish but the tale it now carried.
Arion refused to sell it. “Some treasures belong not in markets, but in hearts,” he told one eager collector.
Selene smiled, knowing the sextant was now their family’s eternal heirloom, a secret worth protecting.
Closing Moral
Closing Moral
As autumn leaves burned red across Salem, Arion and Selene often stood together on the bluff where it all began. The ocean stretched endlessly before them, vast and merciless — yet they no longer feared it.
The stars above glowed eternal, whispering the truth their mother had left them:
“No sea divides the stars; no stars divide the blood.”
In a world where storms could shatter ships and greed could corrupt men, one truth remained unbreakable — treasure lies not in gold, but in bonds unshaken by distance or time.
And so, the sextant rested between them — polished brass gleaming in starlight, a relic not of navigation, but of love, resilience, and reunion.
The Atlantic roared below, but the siblings no longer trembled. They had found their way. Together.
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