WEEKS OF traveling were finally coming to an end, and Flavian couldn’t be happier. Once the voyage was done and they were off the ship, he could disappear, and the subterfuge would be finished, his escape made. It would be over, or just beginning, depending on how he looked at it, and that varied based on whether excitement or anxiety was stronger at that particular moment. He was weary of travel even without that desire. This was the longest journey he had ever taken, the farthest he had ever been from home. It was the first time he had ever seen the sea, let alone set foot on a ship like the one they traveled on for the sea voyage, or even the slightly smaller boat that carried them through Ardunn via river. The sea voyage had been a novelty at first, the sea itself an awe-inspiri