20
SHIP BOUND
Dayvian stood on the dock, heartsick but that one word got him to straighten up. He gripped his guitar's neck as if the instrument had suddenly become a club. He might have just leveled an entire fortress, killing anyone inside, and yet the only person he could think of was Tanzaa.
However, she didn't need defending. Instead, Tanzaa did a pirouette, attracting the eye of every man on deck. She spun lightly and they all fell asleep directly onto the boards, cluttering the deck, a few twitching like dying fish.
Without hesitation, Yeolani and Rashel hopped aboard, now in their more rugged clothing, and then Tanzaa followed. Dayvian wasn't sure he dared join them. He turned to the south, looking for the fallen tower, fearing the tumbled stones and smoke now drifting from the
