isle, but out there are currents that will rip apart the ship in seconds.'
It seemed to him that they had escaped one disaster only to head into the jaws of another.
'There are a chain of smaller islands not far from here,' Bestion said. 'We could head over there.'
'And what then?'
'I hadn't thought much further than that if I'm honest.'
'Where's your sense of adventure?' Dunsany said. 'The ship can hold her own for a while I'm sure. We don't need magic all the time after all.' Kelos looked up at him and smiled. 'Besides, if it gets too rough on board Silus can always swim alongside. Maybe he could call the creatures of the deep to our aid.'
So, with the sales billowing they left the Isle of the Allfather behind. As they turned hard to starboard the sun was just coming out of Kerberos's shadow. There was nothing to mar the azure sphere now, the Great Ocean had vanished.
Silus held Katya tight as the shore moved out of sight over the horizon. In her arms Zac stirred sleepily. Silus wondered how much Zac had inherited from his father and, more, he wondered how much his time in the grip of the dark god would have tainted him.
Silus swore that as his son grew up, he would teach him to fight.
