Other pirates leaped over the railing. One, two... seven... thirteen. A baker's dozen. Wait, fifteen. Eighteen... Twenty-one. The odds weren't in our favor. Maybe they just came over to borrow a cup of sugar, I said. Andrea barked a short laugh. Curran put his hand on my shoulder. That's a lot of sugar. Must be a big cake.

Magic Rises: A Kate Daniels Novel (ed. Penguin, 2013) - ISBN: 9781101624876