Chapter 182

'WHAT'D YOU DO THIS TIME, Kass?' Aswaran soldier Oomoth said loudly, making everyone twist to look.

Kassie flushed. 'This time? I didn't do anything!'

'She tried to pick up a mernoyd baby,' the goblin with the broom helpfully put in.

'Are you mad?' The centaur grinned when she glowered at him.

'No! I haven't seen them before.'

Oomoth tsked and beckoned to her. 'Come have a look then.'

On the way to the handrail Kassie spotted Cat and Leseach making their way over and stopped to greet them both first, then they joined Oomoth and the others who watched the water below with grim eyes.

'Have you seen them before?' Cat asked Leseach.

'No,' the Northerner replied, staring at the waves. 'We don't often get them in our waters.'

Kassie listened while watching the waters breaking away from the ship, the motion quite mesmerizing and she forgot for a moment, until the sleek bodies rose up with the bow wave. A sudden hush came over all those watching.

Perhaps something like these had insp