“Breca was in my belly, then, and I wanted no more of the Bloodsworn’s life. Death and blood, never ending. Thorkel felt the same, so we left.” She shrugged. “A harder decision than saying it makes it sound, and a longer one, but that is the short of it. That is what we did. During a ship battle we leaped into the sea and swam for shore. The Bloodsworn thought we had fallen in battle. Many did that day, never to be found, their bones lying in those murky depths still, no doubt.”
