Kent watched his young quartermaster shuffle across the deck. He'd thought he heard him call Captain Morris Father, but that was not possible. Morris had only one son, and Kent had watched the boy die.

"What did you call me, lad?" Morris still held Frederick teetering over the water.

The ships staggered over a wave, sending one side of the plank tugging on its lashes and floating in midair before it clapped back to the railing. Isabel gasped, and Morris scuffed his ...