“Maybe it’s Therengian?”
“No. We renamed anything that sounded Therengian as did most of the other Petty Kingdoms.”
“You hated them that much?”
“That’s what I’m told,” he said, “though I wasn’t there in person when it happened.”
Ludwig waited until she returned her gaze to him.
“Let’s continue, shall we? The shallows are just up ahead.”
They rode on, soon finding the area in question. It was deeper than she expected, but they managed to splash across to the other side with little trouble, the water only rising up to their horses" bellies. It didn’t take them long to pull up in front of the wreck.
Charlaine dismounted, walking forward, her attention centred solely on the ruined ship. There was a large hole in the rotted hull, and Ludwig clasped her hand, leading her through.
“Come o
