On the run from his fate of misery, Cole finds a job on a ship. The job helps him to escape the plans of his father, but it puts him into a series of events that takes him far from the sheltered life he had been living.
His one true wish is to find...
The two world-carriers were visible long before they even came close. Cole stood with Tan as the large the ships approached. There was a tense feeling that it might not be Tan's father, considering the second ship.
Tan raised his monocular for a closer look. When he lowered it again he had a big smile on his face. "It's Triston." "Triston?" Tan nodded. "Yeah. My oldest brother. Crown prince of Theron." "I guess the other ship is your father's?" Tan nodded again. "The Borealis is my father's ship and Legacy is Triston's. Looks like we will be protected by two heavily armed warships on our way to Lendro. They have a total of one hundred canons and eight harpoons. That should keep bounty hunters off our back." Tan gave Cole a smile before he raised his monocular again. Cole gazed at the two ships. They were huge. He could see why they were used for hunting sea monsters.
The Valkyrie almost disappeared in the shadow of The Borealis. It felt a bit uneasy to look directly in to the lowest set of canons, but everyone else seemed so relaxed that Cole felt a bit safer. Two Taur came down to the Valkyrie. The younger one got down first and jumped over to Tan with a huge smile on his face. Cole twitched when they bashed their foreheads together with a dull thud. He hoped it wasn't a common greeting for them. Tan and Triston hugged each other before they turned to their father. "Good to see you, my little calf. I heard you're up to some mischief. I hope it's nothing serious?" Dhaveus had a booming voice. He was tall and the massive horns reminded of Tan's, but they framed his head differently when they curved more outwards. There was almost no room for hair on his head with those horns. "We're fine, but we need to talk." Tan gestured to the captain's cabin.
Dhaveus was so tall that he took a seat in Tan's chair so he didn't have to crouch. "I saw the posters. You're wanted all over Marmoris and the rumor is that you helped the prince of Orison to run away. I see there is some truth to the rumor." Dhaveus eyes darted from Cole back to Tan. "Yeah. Cole ran away when he was told he had been promised to Harmoni Shirola. I figured out who he was shortly after we set sail." Dhaveus nodded. "I see." "The squealer?" Triston asked. Tan nodded and Triston made a face of disgust. "So what is your plan now?" Dhaveus raised his head and gave Tan a demanding look. "Well... I want to marry Cole and hoped that you could make the arrangement with Cole's father..." Dhaveus raised his eyebrows. "You want to get married?" Tan nodded. "And Cole has agreed to this?" "Yes." Tan gave Cole a look. Cole quickly nodded. "Huh..." Dhaveus sat quiet for a moment before he got up from the chair. "Well then... Let's be off to Lendro and have a chat with king Aberdeen." He walked over to the door and left the cabin. Triston gave Tan a smile before following their father. Cole raised his eyebrows at Tan. "He agreed, just like that?" Tan smiled. "Of course. If I have gone through all this trouble with you, he knew it was important. If we want something that significant, he does what he can to help." "I see..." Cole couldn't even imagine that sort of commitment from Hrim.
Cole soon noticed Tan's smile in the corner of his eye. He took his gaze from the door to look at him. "I might add that the Taur people are conquerors by hart. We like to get what we want and a bit of fight to get it just makes it more tempting. In the old ages we fought battles for marriages that didn't last more than a few years and a fight where the most common way of finishing an argument. We have horns for a reason after all." Cole smiled back at Tan. "Noted." Tan's smile grew wider before he walked past Cole to take the lead out of the cabin.
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