Kal Moonheart Trilogy: Dragon Killer, Roll the Bones & Sirensbane (80 page)
‘No,’ Kal said. ‘Your father needs you. Port Black needs you! Go and be governor, before Ben gives the job to someone else.’
‘But Kal,’ Lula argued, ‘I—’
‘I know,’ Kal said. ‘There will be a time for us. When things settle down in Port Black, come back to me.’
‘Where will I find you?’
Kal smiled. She already had visions of an endless, quiet and peaceful future. ‘You know where. You said it yourself once: in a hut made of driftwood and palms, on a lonely beach where no one will ever find us.’
‘You’ll only get bored,’ Lula laughed, echoing what Ben had said right at the start of this adventure.
‘Maybe I will,’ Kal said. ‘In that case, perhaps I’ll go and hunt down Briney. So don’t be long, Lu, otherwise you’ll find I’ve grown gills and a tail … Don’t be too long, or you’ll find me living with the dragons under the sea!’
When I was young, my spirit free,
My feet, they led me to the sea.
No place in this world could ever be,
A cage to hold the soul of me.
A friendly fish, a mermaid’s kiss,
Who could wish for more than this?
Ride a seahorse all night and day,
And catch a starfish along the way.
A swirling storm, a turning tide,
Send me to my shell to hide.
But the deepest sea and the darkest cave,
Are just new challenges for me to brave.
So trim the sails and run out the brass,
And nail your colours to the mast.
Fight on rum and salt sea air,
For victory favours those who dare.
Now my heart is broken, my bridges burned,
And all I know has been overturned.
But when the world ends and we’re both free,
Look for me under the sea.
THE END
Kal Moonheart will return …
Rob May studied English at Lancaster University and is the illustrator for
Super Maths World
and
Super Science World
. He is the author of
Dragon Killer
,
Roll the Bones
and
Sirensbane
, the first three books in a series of fantasy thrillers featuring Kal Moonheart—adventurer, gambler and thief.
Rob is currently writing science fiction adventure Lethal Planet - the final book in the Alien Disaster Trilogy. He lives in Warwickshire, England.
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