Mystic: a book of Underrealm
“Loren spent the longest stretches of her days curled up on a coil of rope Brimlad kept near the ship’s bow, trying to avoid speaking to anyone to keep herself from anger. The captain himself yelled as often as he spoke. Gem and Annis were insufferable with their bickering. Xain stayed silent for the most part and rarely could he muster the strength to bolster the ship’s small sails with a plume of wind. Loren feared to dip her fishing line in the water, for the disappointment of an empty day ma...de the occasional reward of a finger-long fish seem less than worth it.
And then on the sixteenth day, they spotted the sail approaching behind them.
Gem spied it first. Loren noticed the boat had grown curiously quiet, and looking up she saw the boy standing at the boat’s rear rail, unmoving as his eyes stayed fixed behind them. She almost looked away again, relieved at the silence, but something in his posture—a tense, fearful sense of anticipation—captured her attention.
“Gem,” she called out.MoreLess
And then on the sixteenth day, they spotted the sail approaching behind them.
Gem spied it first. Loren noticed the boat had grown curiously quiet, and looking up she saw the boy standing at the boat’s rear rail, unmoving as his eyes stayed fixed behind them. She almost looked away again, relieved at the silence, but something in his posture—a tense, fearful sense of anticipation—captured her attention.
“Gem,” she called out.MoreLess
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