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Chapter 247 “Bredan, careful!” Glori warned, but he was already twenty paces away and picking up speed. “Men,” she said to Xeeta as the two women hurried after them. Torrin, frozen by the first sounds, belatedly brought up the rear. The work they’d done earlier to clear the path helped them...

Chapter 246 To Bredan it felt like the Golden Gull was limping as it eased slowly into the natural harbor. The crew had cleared away most of the debris created by the storm from the ship’s decks, but nothing could conceal the jagged remnant of the main mast. The island wasn’t very big, maybe...

Chapter 245 Bredan jolted awake as a hand touched his shoulder. He blinked against an unexpected intensity of light. “What? Is it morning?” “Early afternoon, actually,” Rodan said. “I would have let you sleep longer, but there’s a report that land’s been sighted.” That brought Bredan...

Chapter 244 The storm assaulted the Golden Gull, the vessel bouncing over waves that rose higher than the ship’s decks, cresting each one only to plummet down into the trough to await the next. In their tiny cabin Bredan and his companions huddled miserably. Kosk huddled over a bucket in the...

Chapter 243 Glori hadn’t realized how stale the air within the ship had gotten until she stepped out onto the main deck. The sharp wind immediately ruffled her hair—she’d let it grow out some since they’d left Arresh—and swirled it around her head. She’d gotten used to the constant rolling of...

Chapter 242 He was in the last place she looked. One wouldn’t think that it would be hard to find someone on a ship, but the Golden Gull had a surprising number of hidden nooks and crannies. Most of her fellow passengers remained in their cabins, but she’d run into Kalasien, apparently...

Chapter 241 Quellan was alone in the tiny chamber—cabin, he amended—that he, Kosk, Bredan, and Rodan shared when a knock came on the corridor door. The cleric let out a small sigh. He placed a bookmark and carefully closed the volume he’d been reading before setting it on the fold-down bed...

Book 10: ADVENTURES ON THE HIGH SEAS Chapter 240 Standing on the aft deck of the Golden Gull, Li Syval already fading into the horizon behind them, Galendra Sond felt free for the first time in weeks. She stood at the gap in the human-sized railing, where a small platform built specifically...

Happy New Year! I will be traveling for the rest of this week. I will bring my flash drive, but if I am unable to find a computer I may not be able to post until Monday. Today's post marks the end of Book 9 of the story. Book 10 is entitled, "Adventures on the High Seas." The story will...

Chapter 238 Kosk launched himself at the huge tiefling, spinning in mid-air to deliver a powerful kick. But Toros pivoted smoothly out of the way, chopping out with a meaty fist to catch the dwarf in the back. Somehow Kosk intercepted the blow, deflecting the strike with his own hand, then...

Thanks! * * * Chapter 237 The sewers under Li Syval were hardly a pleasant place to explore, especially when traveling through them in a hurry, Glori thought. Her nose furrowed as she stepped in something that squelched unpleasantly under her boot. At least they weren’t having to wade...

Happy holidays to my readers, I hope that the season is fun and stress-free for you all. * * * Chapter 236 Xeeta had no idea how much time had passed since her last visit to the ritual chamber. Her captors had force-fed her, and whatever they’d given her had obviously been drugged. She...

Rodan was the tiefling ranger they allied with in the Silverpeak Valley, and yes, both were siblings raised by the cult in Li Syval. * * * Chapter 235 Spectral lights floated forward through the air, shedding light on the empty chambers of the long-abandoned complex. The somber sounds of...

Oh, it gets worse... * * * Chapter 234 When Xeeta woke she was being carried down a dark corridor. She was facing the floor, her arms held behind her back and a gag drawn tight over her mouth. She instinctively started to struggle, but the hands gripping her might as well have been steel...

Chapter 233 It was an awful neighborhood, far from the docks and the fresh breeze that came in off the bay. The houses on the surrounding hills were nicer, far nicer, but those same hills kept the air in the slums hot and stale with an assortment of foul stinks. There was no one in view as...

Chapter 232 Xeeta woke in a dank stone chamber. A foul odor assaulted her nostrils, but the smell was quickly overwhelmed by a sharp spike of pain as she tried to lift her head. She groaned and tried to get a better look at her surroundings without moving. It was dark, but her tiefling...

Chapter 231 “It wasn’t your fault,” Quellan said. “You were lucky that you weren’t killed by the fall,” Kosk said. “Yeah, lucky,” Glori said. The reunited companions were in the small private dining room at the back of the inn. A small fire had been started in the hearth, but it hadn’t yet...

Chapter 230 Glori sat alone in the common room of The Seaman’s Lament and sipped her wine. Majerion’s tutelage had included instruction on how to appreciate wine. This was a fine Siccarian vintage, crisp and fruity, but she was too distracted to give it its due. She turned her head and...

Chapter 229 Galendra Sond was not content as she sipped her tea and studied the clouds swirling through her window. The tea was hot, and spiced just the way she liked it. The room was comfortable and well-furnished. It was twice the size of her cabin on the Gull, with fancier decorations...

Chapter 228 The section of docks where the Wavefarer was berthed had ten times the level of activity as the wharf in Colverston, with twenty times the stench. As Bredan and his companions came up onto the deck of the caravel they were greeted by a wall of noise that rocked them back on their...