CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Royce watched his people as they made their way down toward the harbor, standing over them like a shepherd making sure his flock got safely home to their pastures. The difference was that these people would never see their homes again. They would set off across the sea, and yes, they would be safer there, but they would not be home.
“It’s what needs to happen,” Royce whispered to Ember. He didn’t know if Lori could watch through her eyes the same way that he did, but if she was there somewhere, what would she be thinking now?
“I have to do this a different way,” he said. “If the witch saw death everywhere I walk, then I need to walk somewhere else.”
It made sense. Go across the sea, end up somewhere else, and he wouldn’t be able to bring whatever chaos to the kingdom L
