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Maud did not take long to return. When she emerged in her human form she was smiling broadly. “Chaos reigns. Prostrate officers all the way along the line with frantic soldiers surrounding them trying to revive them.” She chuckled. “The last thing on their minds is boarding those boats. Well done, Sasha. We have our respite.”
Autumn Leaves promptly handed Maud a cup of freshly brewed tea. “And well done to you too.”
Stormaway, who had found himself a comfortable position seated on a log with his back to a tree, addressed the company. “And now we must plan. Quickly. How do we propose to sink those boats?”
“I could become a narwhal and swim under the boats, puncturing them with my long tusk,” suggested Maud, only half-joking. She was still buoyed from the thrill of her flight.
“I don
