Between the hum of the sea and the cawing gulls, the breeze carried a faint voice across the shore. From where? She couldn't tell. It didn't matter, because she would ignore it. Probably just the wind howling as it passed through the rocks.

Shaking a fringe of seaweed from her foot, she ambled along the beach, her white tunic shielding her from the sun. No sign of the boat she'd been told of. Eit...