Chapter 41

"I don't think so," she answered, trying to keep a grin on her face. "However, if you make a good guess, I might agree to let you take me swimming."

That appears to be a reasonably safe bet. Regardless of whether it was true, he wasn't unattractive; in fact, he was rather attractive, and swimming with the runaway werewolf wasn't a bad idea at all. Magdalena thought to herself.

Three hours later, Tommy was assigned to dishwashing duty again that evening. When they were on the road, everyone was responsible for washing their own plates, but the kitchen on the ship was too small to accommodate the large number of people who were coming and departing. Tommy thought he might leave that part out of the story when he told Magdalena about his adventures because washing dishes was much easier than being a groom.

He finished drying the last pan from the supper meal, oblivious to the swaying motion caused by the choppy water that had been pounding the shore all morning. When he was