Nadine knelt ever so slightly and picked up a bow.
Sweat covered my body, and I trembled from nervous excitement. Surely those ships below could see us in the distance. They must be wondering about the strange dark cloud, and when they finally realized what was flying towards them they would realize how helpless they were, how futile this foolish mission had been.
We got close enough to spot the colors: Union Jack.
Amelia now flew a black flag beside the red one.
The ships behind us spread out, possibly in battle formations.
It would begin with us.
We soared closer, the sun now brilliantly blazing, the ocean blue and solid-looking below. I forced myself yet again not to think of what would happen if the sails stopped working, of hurtling to the brick-like waves. I breathed slowly, ca
