Luckstones
“Whether this was a good thing or bad is hard to say, but it is quite certain that without this gift she would not have been left behind on the Plover when the ship was captured. Her family fled at once to the lifeboat and, while the captain and crew were engaged in dying to protect their passengers, rowed heartily for the east and Meviel. By the time they realized that Amielle was not among them, the Plover was long gone from the horizon.
Amielle, a slight, spindly girl who preferred reading ab...out adventure to undertaking it, heard the ado above-decks and did what she generally did when there was a commotion: she hid. A few hours later, when the cries and footfall overhead had quieted, she slid from a cupboard in the Ladies’ Cabin and made her way up the stairs to find out what was what. The sun had set but the moon had not yet risen; in the green twilight Amielle realized with a shock that the persons in charge of the Plover were no longer the genial, brisk Captain ha Blifen and his well-spoken crew.MoreLess
Amielle, a slight, spindly girl who preferred reading ab...out adventure to undertaking it, heard the ado above-decks and did what she generally did when there was a commotion: she hid. A few hours later, when the cries and footfall overhead had quieted, she slid from a cupboard in the Ladies’ Cabin and made her way up the stairs to find out what was what. The sun had set but the moon had not yet risen; in the green twilight Amielle realized with a shock that the persons in charge of the Plover were no longer the genial, brisk Captain ha Blifen and his well-spoken crew.MoreLess
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