The Pirate Woman by A E Dingle Chapter 22 Page 5

simple soul that the foundations of his faith were being wrenched loose.

“I will find them, Sultana,” he said quietly, and turned to leave by the tunnel.

“Stay here, thou blind fool!” she commanded him. “I will find them myself. Here is work more fitting for a slave. How many chests are going to the ship?”

“Three.”

“And how many have ye yet empty here?”

“Three, lady.”

“Then get them quickly. Until I return, bid thy fellows replace the treasure that is still in the powder store. And haste, for I will leave this place this day, though all the fiends say no.”