CHAPTER NINE
Sophia woke to the sound of tolling bells, ringing out across the ship so loud they seemed to fill the world around her.
Sister, you need to come at once, Lucas sent.
What is it? Sophia sent back. Is there an attack?
It’s our uncle…
Sophia was on her feet almost instantly, Sienne rushing to her side as if sensing that something was wrong. She dressed and went up onto the deck as quickly as she could, but even so, by the time she got there, she felt as though she was too late.
A body lay on the deck, covered by a sheet. Her cousins stood around it, when they should have been off preparing for the attack. Lucas was there too. One look at the figures there, at her cousins standing around the body, and at their grave expressions, told her who it covered. Even so, she asked i
