Chapter Nineteen
Riona
As soon as the ship crashed, the storm faded away, letting the waters return to the glassy calm depths as they’d seen in Fargelsi.
The music went the way of the storm, no longer calling Riona. She flew down to the shipwreck, knowing how lucky they all were to have more likely beached the ship instead of crashing into the rocky shores at the north of the island.
The storm had caused damage, but Riona had other priorities. She lifted higher in the clearing skies, wondering if what she’d seen was an apparition or a product of magic.
Yet, as she neared where the man watched the ship down below, she knew it was real. She gave one flap of her wings, hovering over the ground before touching down.
The man didn’t move.
Riona took his silence as a chance to marvel at ho
