Articles of War (The Devil and the Dark Book 4) by R.M. Olson
Author:R.M. Olson [Olson, R.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-07-24T00:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
SILAS
âHunt.â
Silas turned to see Baker standing in the shadows, just out of sight of the main deck where Silas was supervising his shift. Silas glanced around quickly, then crossed over to the man. âWhat is it?â he asked in a whisper.
Baker put his finger to his lips. âNot now. The captain has ears everywhere.â He looked around uneasily. âWeâre meeting tonight in the officersâ mess at two bells into second dog watch. Can you be there?â
Silas frowned. âIâm on watch, but I think Ariâd cover for me for a few minutes. What happened?â
Baker shook his head. âLater.â
Silas nodded, and Baker slipped away.
Silas turned back to his duties on deck with tight worry in his stomach.
When he arrived at the officerâs mess later that evening, the others were already gathered.
There was a clear division among the crew nowâthe officers who were for the captain, and those who were against him.
With luck, from the perspective of the other officers, it was simply a division between those who tolerated Silas and the crew of the Sweet Jenny and those who wanted them dead. But after what Greene had said, Silas knew damn well it was more than that. It had to be, if any of them wanted to come out of this alive.
He made his way through the seats and tables of the mess. Miller looked up at his approach and grinned, beckoning him over, but the expression was strained.
âHunt,â she said, pulling up a seat next to her. âYouâre just in time. Weâve been playing short-handed. Let us finish this round and weâll deal you in.â
He nodded and took the proffered seat. Kirby poured him a glass of watered down rum and he took it, and as the game play resumed, he used the excuse of his drink to study the faces around the table.
Every face was grim, and despite the grog and the cards and the obvious attempt to make this look like a usual officersâ gathering, there was a tension to every posture, and tension underlying each lighthearted comment.
âHunt,â said Baker, leaning towards him when the noise of the officers at their cards was enough to cover his words. âI donât know if you got word, but the captainâs pulled everyone off the guns except his own crew.â
Silas nodded, his jaw clenched hard enough that his teeth ached with it. âThatâs not good,â he said quietly. âWeâre heading into a battle. Is he planning on having only his crew fight, do you think?â
Baker snorted. âHardly. You heard Greeneâhe doesnât plan for most of us to come back from this alive.â
Silas frowned. âYou think heâll send us into battle unprepared, then.â
Baker leaned closer. âIâm certain of it. Greene came down here again last night, while you were on watch. He saw the captainâs mission ordersâgo in and break up the Rosette formation single-handed. The rest of the fleet weâre joining up with is to hold back until weâve done that, which means thereâll be no one to fault him if he loses three quarters of his crew.
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