Brent & Brie: The One I Want Series by Ellie Masters & Jet Masters

Author:Ellie Masters & Jet Masters [Masters, Ellie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: JEM Publishing
Published: 2019-06-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Brent

Brent helped Brie with her gear, then the three of them sat at the end of the dive platform while the last fifteen minutes of his and Donald’s surface interval ended.

This would be their first excavation dive. He found himself focused more on what he wanted to do to Brie down in his cabin than on what he and Donald would find beneath the waves.

She held his hand, drawing circles and hearts into his palm, while he and Donald discussed the next dive.

“You sure you want to start excavating at the center?” Donald’s lips pursed together. “Shouldn’t we try more forward? I thought you said that’s where the hold would be.”

“I want to do this by the book. Besides, the sieve’s not perfect. We’ll disturb the squares to either side. I know you want to get in there and start digging, but we’ll miss something important if we do that. Our first priority isn’t in finding gold, but rather establishing what ship this is.”

“How do you do that?” Brie turned his hand over and traced out each of his knuckles with her feather-light touch.

Donald had heard all of this before, but it was good to go over one last time. He felt the same rush as Donald, wanting to jump in and dig. As the only formally trained archeologist on this expedition, he needed to ensure they maintained the integrity of the site. It would be much easier to do with a team of graduate students, but he didn’t teach in a university and didn’t have a team of eager students to help. Too much was at stake to risk a leak in their operation; lean and mean might make things harder and slower, but it also ensured secrecy.

“Well, these ships were rather simple. The galley, if you’d call it that, was usually amidships toward the rear. We’re looking for a brazier. They typically would keep one burning the entire time. Find that and we might find plates and bowls. Those will have the Spanish seal on them as well as the vessel’s name. The cannon will have markings from the foundry and may or may not have the ship’s name on it.”

“I want to dig for gold. Dude, you’re killing me.” Donald made a show of throwing a temper tantrum. It was fake, totally over the top, and completely Donald in every regard. They all had a good laugh.

He cracked a smile. “I know, but patience now will be worth it in the end.” He pushed back the hair from his eyes. After an hour, it was nearly dry, just in time to get wet again.

“Patience is one of those damn virtues I am sorely lacking in.” Donald crossed his arms and gave an exaggerated frown.

Brie’s lilting laughter flitted through the air. “You’re so funny, like a two-year-old who didn’t get his sweet.”

“I don’t want sweets. I just want gold.” Donald kicked and beat at the deck, making a show of a true tantrum.

“And you’ll have it,” Brent pronounced.

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