As the Cavalon’s metal-lined keel smashed a glancing blow into the flagship, theTammerland’s aft deck and gunwales crashed apart, and her stern mast snapped in two to cometumbling down. For a long time nobody said anything. Gunther stepped closer. The twin strikes passed harmlessly through Xanthus’ body.
When he opened them again, to his dismay he found the scene unchanged. One afternoon in the palace kitchens, the princess had seen Shawna try totake a frying pan to Shannon’s skull, simply because his boots had been dirty. Worse, things would be building to a climax in Eutracia. But without an enemy to face, this newfound peace was frustrating him.
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