The Wrecker Chapter 24 - A Hard Bargain

In which a kindly brig commanded by a cautious former banker offers rescue to a band of castaways, but the price of passage soon reveals a hard bargain that frays human tempers and loyalty alike. The ensuing encounter turns ferocious, marked by desperate violence and grim reckonings aboard the ship, as the survivors grapple with the bitter cost of their deliverance.