Chapter 2:
The Legend’s course was set due east, it had been for several days. Captain Cox worked to keep the ship at an advantageous altitude for wind and temperature. Even though it was well into December, the temperature at sea level remained unbearable for Helena and most of the crew. This close to the equator, there was little difference in the seasons.
They had passed over the emerald green forests of Indo-China and were now over the deep blue waters of the South China Sea. The days slipped away, and DeLaval never returned. Helena had no indication the air elemental would ever return. With his disappearance, all hope of Doyle returning safely to the Legend disappeared as well.
From time to time, she still cursed the thought of the San Francisco detective. He had made her think of
