Daughter of the Pirate King

Over the next few nights, whenever Kearan and Enwen sleep, Alosa picks the lock to her cell and searches sections of the ship for the map but finds nothing. One day, the Night Farer happens across an abandoned vessel. Alosa is invited to help scour it for salvageable goods while Riden keeps a close eye on her. The two are the first to board the ship and search it for stowaways. When they declare the ship to be clear, Alosa is sent above to wave over the rest of the Night Farer crew. However, when she returns belowdecks, she finds Riden at the mercy of three pirates. Riden, who is held at sword point, suggests Alosa demonstrate the impressive fighting skill she showed Draxen’s men aboard her own ship, but she does not want to reveal the full extent of her fighting abilities to Riden, preferring to hold them in reserve for when she finds the map and needs to escape the Night Farer. However, when it becomes clear that the men will kill Riden, Alosa knocks out two of them and throws her hidden dagger to kill the one holding his sword to Riden’s throat.

Draxen finds them moments later, and Riden takes the credit for the kills, even allowing Alosa to keep her secret dagger.