Chapter Sixteen
WITH A SENSE OF RELIEF, I watched the mass of boats below us.
This was not just about us or about Ynggi. This was a much wider movement.
“Where are those boats all going?” I asked.
“We think they’re heading for the island,” Thayu said.
I hadn’t noticed her in the darkness in the cabin of the craft until she slipped into the seat next to me. She carried Emi in a sling across her back.
“This is what I wanted to tell you,” Raanu said. “Something has happened. I heard about it when we were at the party. I couldn’t get anyone to tell me more, but I insisted, and then one of the women said I had to come into town and they’d tell me.”
“And you actually did that without telling us,” I said.
“They were all very friendly.”
“Of course they were. They wanted to lure you away.
