In the morning, Pentam saw Cal on the deck with her satchel, and nodded to himself. He had been worried about her in that engine room. They were dangerous places, unsuitable for a woman of Cal's breeding.

Captain Cully had said they were to make landfall today at Finches Harbour. It would give them a day or two to spend time off the ship and pick up anything they were running short of.

Birds flew over the water, the first he'd seen since they'd left sight of land at ...