Chapter 25
Karl woke far earlier than he'd planned, but he knew his back wouldn't tolerate the shifting bolts of fabric any longer. They were so much harder than they looked.
He didn't see anyone else moving around in this part of the ship, but he heard men talking and shouting above him. He hadn't wanted to see anything when they left the ground last night, but he felt a lot more confident after surviving even a disrupted night up in the air.
He pushed the door to Loretta's room open a tiny bit. She was still asleep, brown sheets pulled up to her chin, or at least she looked like it. If she was pretending, he was better off letting her.
He closed the door and headed toward the front of the ship, wanting to find the way up to the deck. Nervous as he'd been about flying, he was still ex
