Chapter 14
A Familiar Face
Back on the ship, the three travelers all managed to get some sleep, somehow. Loren's leg pain made it hard for him to sleep for more than a quarter hour at a time. He shifted in his rope bed, but no position was comfortable. Aline worried about how much blood he had lost. The waters had been rough during the night which must have distracted everyone on board from taking them prisoner to collect any reward.
When it was time to get off the ship, there was a knock on the door, and once again it was their only friend. This time he came into the room with some food and some advice. “I can get you off the ship, but after that, you're on your own. I'm not exactly welcome in this port. There's not enough hours in the day to tell you why.”
“Thank you, old friend,” sa
