For a day that had begun well enough, this one seemed intent on abandoning any promise at all. Indeed, Rowan heartily doubted he would survive it.
He could hear an infuriated Troubador wreaking havoc below decks and did not dare to imagine what that beast might accomplish before he got to the steed’s side. At least Baldassare would be unable to take issue with the damage.
Rowan refused to think about what had just happened, much less what he might do to set matters to rights.
First matters first.
To Rowan’s relief, they were not far from shore. A glance revealed that the ship had run aground on a rocky shoal. If the waves had not been whipped so high by the commencing storm, the ship might have perched there long enough to allow all to disembark.
As it was, the vessel creaked ominousl
