Chapter 41888, SS City of New York
Saalik leaned on the railing, watching the water and listening to the sound of the ship. It was late, the decks mostly deserted. Saalik had been on boats before—Elizabeth loved to travel—but nothing quite like the SS City of New York. It was magnificent.
She’d retired early, and he was feeling too impatience for their arrival in the States the following morning to sit still in the cabin.
One of the crew, a porter he recognized from the first day, walked by, giving him a smile. It was a smile he thought might have been an invitation for him to follow, but he didn’t. There would be plenty of time for that once they’d landed in New York. Plenty of time for that once he was reunited with his bottle they’d shipped ahead of them, and he felt less uneasy.
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