How did it come to this? Was this even real life?
"Row faster, Princess!"
Xenia didn't think that her training would inevitably land her doing something that she never even thought possible. Sure, she could accept being thrown into shark-infested waters inside a cage. Sure, she could accept being thrown daggers from all directions without even so much as having breakfast. And sure, she could accept being forced to swim for an entire day in the raging waters of the ocean while also somehow being able to keep up with a wind-powered ship.
But to somehow row Lucian forward until they reached Valcor Island? What kind of madman would even think it was even possible!
"I'm… doing… my best here!" she huffed out, her annoyance and disbelief rising by the second. "I don't… even think… we're making progress!"
