Chapter 14
“We are as close as I am willing to go,” the ship’s captain told Castien crisply.
Theirn, who stood on Castien’s other side, looked out across the prow of the ship with a frown on his face. “The island is nowhere in sight.”
“No, lad, but its protectors are.” The captain pointed to the horizon and Theirn could see what he meant. A vessel floated there; barely discernable from where they were standing.
“Best we get ready then,” Castien signed. “My thanks for bringing us this far.” He turned away to walk to the cabin with Theirn beside him.
Once they were inside they swiftly changed into the tattered clothes they would be wearing for they knew not how long. The only things of value they had with them were two blood-red rubies on the plain clasp that held the braid of Castien’s
