Nothing To Lose (JJ Maybank)

Devon Brooks has spent her entire life playing the hand she was dealt: a crumbling house in the Cut, a family that only functions when her older brother Ryder is home, and a loyalty to the Pogues that runs deeper than the salt in her blood. She's the girl who knows the marsh better than the back of her hand and the only one who can keep JJ Maybank from flying off the handle-most of the time.

When the shipwreck of a lifetime spits up a long-lost compass a and a trail of questions leading back to John B's missing father, Devon and the Pogues find themselves in the crosshairs of people who kill for sport. But the danger in the water isn't the only thing Devon is dodging.
Between the return of her brother-who's acting like he's seen a ghost-and the growing, electric tension between her and JJ, Devon is starting to realize that "just friends" is a lie she can't tell much longer. JJ has always been her anchor, but with the world falling apart around them, he might just be the spark that sets everything on fire.

With the Kooks on their tails, guns in the marsh, and a treasure that might not even be gold, Devon is about to learn that when you have nothing to lose, you're the most dangerous person in the room.

(Outer Banks rewrite)