CHAPTER TWELVE
Seavig galloped west, leading hundreds of warriors of Esephus, determined to fulfill Duncan’s command and wage war against the Pandesian fleet. He knew the odds were stacked against him and that the battle at sea would likely end in his death, yet it gave him no pause: it was the honorable thing to do for his country. And for Duncan, he would do anything.
As Seavig rode he thought of the vast numbers of the Pandesian fleet, and he knew this would have to be the most brilliant battle he and his men had ever waged at sea. He lived for times like this, times when his back was to the wall, when the odds were bleakest; he thrived when the situation demanded that he be not just a great warrior, but a crafty one as well. He was, after all, a man of the sea, and one needed great c
