WoG Chapter 45

Chapter Forty-Five: The Gulf Between

Solineus, Adinvan, and Sîu sail on the Lady Moon, part of a convoy led by the Contessa Polênu Juvilêus’s Silver Willow, to evade Boboru patrols and reach Montôltok. Tasked with securing the source of the rare herb Donu-Honêsh for Polênu, Solineus confronts Infoduhû, a former Boboru slave turned influential grower, in the unassuming fishing village. Negotiating with a fabricated tale of the Smiling Men’s interest, Solineus secures a deal for a future harvest grown among sugarcane fields, leveraging a Mulshahar writ and threats to outmaneuver Infoduhû’s ties to the Compunêu Trade Consortium. Returning to the Silver Willow, Solineus provides Polênu with the field’s location, only to learn her true intent: to burn the crop, disrupting the Boboru’s control and Infoduhû’s betrayal, as he remained their agent. As smoke rises from the sabotaged fields, Solineus grapples with Polênu’s ruthless pragmatism, securing passage north to the Mâbuhon River for thirty volunteers while wrestling with the moral and strategic complexities of their alliance, underscored by the destruction of a fortune and the uncertain fate of the Crying Man.

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