Lead-gray clouds pressed against the surface of the North Sea, and the salty sea breeze carried broken ice particles and smashed them hard on the deck of the "Reef Breaker". Ten-year-old Lin huddled at the bottom of the mast, his shabby linen coat unable to block the biting cold. He held half a piece of black bread so hard that it could knock his teeth tightly in his arms, but his eyes were fixed on the man chained in the middle of the deck.
