CHAPTER TWENTY
Ros turned to his old friend. “There’s only enough room on this tub for one of us, so you’re going to travel aboard the ship while Kate and I take the overland route out of the kingdom.”
Brother Collins shook his head. “I would rather Miss Kate take the boat. The King of Shadows is after her, after all.”
Ros folded his arms over his chest and grinned. “That’s why you’ll be the decoy.”
Collins blinked at the dragon. “I’m afraid I don’t follow-”
“Captain Fantoma is going to try to leave port soon, probably sooner than they’ll want to let any ship through,” Ros informed him as he looked out the port hole and furrowed his brow. “They’re going to do a good job of searching the ship. The captain’s good, but he’s probably never been through as good a search as what’s co
