When Sartin woke, Sommar wiped the blood away from his arms and body. With a pull of the metal, the cuffs fell apart. Sartin instinctively followed Sommar out the door and into the trough that Maru’s people had dug for him.
Why had the pale land people taken him back to Maru’s island?
Halfway to the beach, the land people appeared. They took Sommar into their custody and right before Sartin’s eyes, stuck a spear into his heart.
Sartin woke again, breathing heavily. Although the blood had been cleaned off his body, the cuffs remained around his arms, neck, and tail. The two land people sat in the hut with him. The artist had made progress on the drawing of Sartin and the other man had pages of notes.
When they caught Sartin’s gaze, both men froze. The two men stared at Sartin for a whil
