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“Whoa hoa, hang on aThis ship ain’t no place for children”

“Five hundred When do we depart?”

Captain Glendor chewed on a fingernail “Who the fuck are you?”

“The man that pays for that new deck”

Captain Glendor sht then, Mr Mystery, you can tell me at sea One week and she’ll be ready Got some alterations to make down below Feel free to help out if you like”

“If it ht You provide the ale”

“You know, I think you’re my kinda man” Captain Glendor spat on his hand and held it out to shake

It was dark when Silas returned to the tavern He’d started to relax All being well, it’d be less than a week, and they’d be on their way NoThe boy and I should be able to get work on a farht even irl to settle doith, a mother for the boy A boy needs a mother Silas was about to ask for an ale, then stopped his

Silas slipped the key in the lock and turned It was already unlocked Shit Favian’s boys? He put a hand on his blade and slowly pushed the door open

A Shadow sat in the chair in the corner, one leg crossed over the other Fuck It beckoned hier Silas entered, and the door was shut behind hi by the wall Mara sat on the bed, looking at the floor, a blank expression on his face

“I would like to thank you for your help in returning Mara to the city,” the Shadow Master said “It truly astounds me how coincidences such as these come about”

“I happened upon the crowd that wished Favian to be expelled from the city –”

“Not only did you bring the boy to us in the beginning, but ere about to lose hi him back Fate Do you not think?”

Silas’s skin crawled He wanted nothing more than to kill the two Shadows and flee Take Mara to safety “Of course, Master”

The Master stood, placed a hand on Mara’s shoulder, and led him to the other Shadow Mara didn’t look up as he was escorted out of the room The Master indicated to the bed with a hand “Please”