Chapter 52

"What's so funny?" the pirate asked suspiciously.

"Nothing," Seth said. He took a couple steps to the left so that if he raised his hand, the pirate's head would be directly between the war hammer and his hand.

"What you playing at?" The pirate rotated his wrist to that his arm still pinned Ale's neck, but the knife was now pointing at Seth instead of her jugular.

"That," Seth said the moment the pirate's blade left Ale's neck.

He called his hammer with all his might.

The hammer took off like a shot and the pirate never knew what hit him. The crack from the impact was loud enough that the two other pirates glanced behind them for a moment. The pirate who had been holding Ale dropped like a ton of bricks, and his knife opened a shallow wound on her arm as he fell.

The sight of her blood made Seth's blood run cold.

A deep primal rage welled up in Seth's chest. His heart felt like the arctic wind, but not beca