Young WarriorChapter 7
Fourteen days later, five of which were spent aboard ship on the way home, I fidgeted impatiently as our ship slowly approached the docks in Bellcaava. I could see a large contingent from our clan awaiting us and spotted Karela among them, as well as the Clan Patriarch. Surprisingly, even the King was there waiting. I suppose the message carried upriver by a smaller fishing boat arrived far enough in advance of us that they knew approximately when to expect us this afternoon. “Are all those...