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Toe of fire was unleashed His blood boiled They had hijacked his operation and stolen his glory An assault had been launched without his per

Both warships were hit and set ablaze One ran aground and the other tried to escape Both stopped firing He turned his attention to the wharves Boats were casting off and heading towards the stricken warships Ar up their sides

'Get after theuard and saw that they were already leaving The flight-footed a towards the wharves He shouldered his un crews Their gy ground, weighed down by heavy body arh of the seventh real priests and ignored sound advice from people like himself They could stew in their own juice All that e to the next realm

He arrived at the wharf as the last of the boats was leaving Two of his girls were on board They looked up at hi here?'

'I'm your War Master'

'No you're not '

'So? Who is?'

Thunder is'

'Since when?'

'Since Adrina said he was'

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He pointed histo the oars Common sense said they would make for the rear That here the ship could be boarded safely To his surprise, they struck out in a different direction and placed thee vessel

It was a suicidal move

'Not that way!

He yelled but it ap between thely He looked up and saw its towering prow The ile stared down at him from the poop deck Three banks of oars beat furiously on either side Clouds of spray rose fro blades and little fish jumped from the water

There was no escape They were about to be fed into a gigantic threshing machine Tom pulled his helmet over his head and prepared to enter the jaws of death Oars smashed around hiainst the bottom and held his breath until the din died down