31When the green and brown hump of Shark Island first shouldered up on the horizon, Cryssa signaled Leed to slow down by patting his head three times. Immediately, the Kee knight surfaced and cut his speed, giving her a view that was uninterrupted by submerging under the waves.
Cryssa relaxed her grip on Leed's harness strap and peered at the distant piece of land. The last time she had seen it, she had been terrified, fleeing for her life in a tiny boat. Now, as she returned, she was terrified again, wondering what awaited her there.
Leed, who had carried her on the long trip from Kee Island, stopped swimming. "Do you want to go home?" he said, as if he had sensed Cryssa's rising fear.
"No," said Cryssa, though the frightened part of her was tempted to take him up on his offer. "I
