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All Fury saere clouds of foam Then he made out a cleft in the rocks A narrow channel ran towards a pebbly beach He thrust his paddle into the boiling waters and struck out towards it

A huge wave carried the The seals looked doith bored expressions as Fury struggled to control the cluled his paddle The waves surged back and forth Oneswept back out to sea

'Young brother'

He heard Miralda's voice She was struggling to free herself fro that contained Balduur's head Ice encrusted the thongs She forced the ordeal'

She thrust the bag at him

'Take my father's head and cast it into the Mouth of Morpeth'

Fury grabbed the bag and tied it about his waist

'Sister, where can I find this place?'

Miralda struggled to reply but, before she could speak, a wave picked up the coracles and bore theged under Kelp entangled his legs He surfaced and saw a line of seals peering at hie

Alison was a short distance away He saw the yellow band that secured her hair and tried to reach her but the kelp held hi knife and saw her picked up by a wave and carried along It raced her down the channel and the seals honked Fury tried to ignore them as they splashed into the water His eyes were on Alison When the wave reached shore it would fold over and dump her on the rocks

He cut the last piece of kelp free and swa up in the water to see where she was All he saas seals The water was alive with the upwards, honking furiously Fury gli back up the channel with Alison The next wave swept him towards her Their arms met, his feet touched bottom and he carried her to shore

Alison awoke from a deep sleep Fury was beside her He'd searched for Miralda but there was no sign of her Alison guessed the old woman had drowned She had said that her days were nuht would soon return to the void

A fullAlison felt warn presence It was so she'd experienced before On those other occasions the presence had been fierce and warlike NoasShe felt the baby move and her eyes drifted to the cave entrance So there