"Why don't we just turn around and wait out the storm?"
Ren paused. "That's… actually a good idea."
"We can't outrun it." Zuzu said as the waves began to churn violently around them.
Thorn looked up from where he was tying down the last crate. "We can't what now?"
"The storm. It's already here."
As if her words summoned it, the sea heaved with a roar.
"We can use the stone towers to protect against the waves!" Zuzu yelled over the loud sound.
A wall of wind and water slammed into the Lady Rill like a titan's slap. Rain burst from the sky in sheets, thick as curtains. Thunder cracked through the night like the sky had been split in two.
The lanterns went out.
Ren shouted. "Secure yourselves!"
Lilith crouched low beside him, blade already in hand, eyes narrowing at the horizon as if she could sense something in the storm.
Zuzu gripped the rail at the front, her hands wrapped in the water rope as she tried to control the currents.
