Chapter 10
The Unexpected HostThunder crashed overhead, and waves exploded on rocks unseen in the darkness, the noise was almost deafening as it echoed back from the dark, towering cliffs. Lightning preceded each colossal clap of thunder sending crackling streaks that ripped across the sky, briefly turning night into day. In these fleeting moments, the broken white tops of gale driven waves revealed themselves, mountains of violent storm thrashed water looming up over the little ships briefly illuminated before darkness plunged them back into a blind and savage world of violent motion, noise, spray and fear.
Earlier, as the light had faded and the conditions worsened, The Jenny, closely followed by the unmanned Black Destiny, had been forced to sail closer to shore in search of where Qu
