Ryan built up the fire while Brodie prepared the food and Mallory got ready for the morning. By the time Brodie was serving breakfast, Danae and Sarisa were awake. So too was Ninette and all three joined them. The meal was fairly quiet, none of them talking much until it was almost over. Mallory read Legend Of The Ancestral King while she ate, having started it while she waited for breakfast to be cooked. Reaching the end, she wondered if she should have waited until after they’d been to Cutthroat Harbour to read the book. It would be very bad if they failed their quest and Hisoki removed the crown of the ancestral King.
Ryan turned to Ninette. “Can you see what you can do about crutches for Brodie? Find out if there’s a pair we can purchase. I don’t know when, or if, we’ll be back here.
