CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
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Let vengeance howl;
The Pirate so decides.
—Ibid, Act II
I turned Corbin so he had to look at me. The stunned faces of everyone on the ship as we slipped silently through the water toward what was sure to be our doom pushed me into action.
“Corbin, my love, my darling, I know that all you want is to get us out of this game. I’m totally with you on that as a goal. By my best estimate, I’ve been sitting in a chair for three hours, and I am going to have to move soon or my body is going to suffer damage. But even taking all that into consideration, I’m going to have to throw you overboard if you seriously believe we can take on those”—I squinted against the glow of the fire burning behind the town, which effectively cast the warships in the harbor in sharp si
