CHAPTER NINETEEN Thor stood at the bow of the ship as they sailed through the black ocean night, sailing faster than they’d ever had, a strong wind at their back, as he peered out into the blackness and thought of his sister. Alistair. Where are you? They sailed through choppy waters, mist from the waves spraying his face, heading their way south, following Thor’s instinct. Thor sensed Alistair was out there; he sensed her being in danger, so intense, it was as if she were right here with him. He knew that’s where the dragon had been leading him, and he could be nowhere else until he’d helped her. But what was she doing out here, on this vast and empty sea? He tried to recall the last time he had seen her. She had been leaving the Ring, on her way south, to embark for the Southern Isl