“I have a plan,” I told the women, “we need to get help for Ursel and we need to get everyone on the ship. Aurie told Artio we need to do this while the fire is distracting everyone, including the slavers.”

“But Ursel is not able to walk,” Artio said, “and she will not wake up. How will we leave this place?”

“This is my plan - you four together can carry Ursel to the docks, get her onboard the ship and maybe there will be a doctor, uh, a h...