What I want is not to die alone," she said, her voice suddenly small. "I didn't really choose this life. It's just the only one I have...

There was an ocean of lies dragging behind this ship. They'd killed their dredger and another helmsman's stryker. Whatever they'd done in Sowan was spreading in rumors across the Narrows. And if that wasn't enough they were running side trade under the nose or their own employer.