Chapter 7: Creature of The Night

Zeke is gone. He disappears up the stairs and the beta brings me to a group settled on sofa sets lining the deck railings.

I hear people laughing ahead. It's a party down there and I'm wondering why the rogue has gone in the opposite direction. As I walk, I take in my surroundings, gauging their numbers and trying to understand just what it would take for an escape. I am out of those horrible chains now and I'm not planning on returning.

My eyes scan the endless blues around me. We are at sea, and I can tell just how far gone this sailing boat is. Daybreak is near. I can taste the impending sunset in the air. We've sailed for five hours, which means we've claimed half of the journey's worth. I know all of this because before the mark and before my destiny changed; I had taken an interest in Raven studies.

"The name's Jai-Blynn." The beta officially introduces himself to me. He does so right before the group of five now focused on us.

"Mar—" I start, thinking it is the right thing t