Race for the Spoils

Only then did Diane's icy chest seem to warm.

She gripped Sadie's hand, her voice shaking. "Sadie ... "

She couldn't get another word out.

Callum moved all the captives onto one boat and tied it to the stern of his own.

The three of them set off again.

Diane rowed for a while. The work steadied her; the tremor in her chest slowly faded. She said to Sadie, "Sadie, go help Cal. He's towing a bunch o