Captain and a Corset by Wine Mary

Author:Wine, Mary [Wine, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2013-06-03T22:00:00+00:00

Five

Sometime near dawn, Bion muttered and jerked for what had to be the hundredth time. Light was making its way through the cracks in Sophia’s stone wall. She worried her lower lip as she felt Bion’s body burning with fever. When she’d been hit by the vapor of the Root Ball, Bion had taken her to a medical facility where there had been soothing compresses for her burning eyes and medication to ease her pain. The water rushing by only a few feet away might help him, but she hesitated, fearful of revealing their hiding place.

“Bion?” She gently shook him, but he remained locked in fretful slumber. He thrashed again, causing dirt to fall from the ceiling of their cave, and Sophia rolled over. She would have to take action.

The rocks she’d piled up moved away easily. She looked around before crawling out of the cave. The morning was bright and clear. Overhead birds called to each other as they searched for food.

“What are you doing sleeping in the riverbed?” She jumped and turned to face a man in baggy pants, white shirt, and vest. He had a bushy beard that covered his chin and his eyes sparkled merrily. “Even we gypsies do not sleep in the riverbed.” He said something over his shoulder in another language. “Even if many countries would rather we adopted their ways and gave up our caravans.”

Behind the man was a circle of gypsy wagons. Inside the cave, she hadn’t heard the sounds from the camp just above. They were Roma people. Their wagons were small houses on wheels, and many were decorated in bright colors. They had tiny windows and even stovepipes rising from the roofs. A miniature door was set into the back of each one for the inhabitants to enter through. The camp was a cheerful scene, but Sophia looked all around her twice as she searched for any members of the Soiled Dove’s crew.

“Come and share a morning meal with us. I am Abraham, leader of these people. What is ours is yours.”

It was very tempting. She suddenly felt like moving was beyond her tolerance. From her fingertips to her toes she felt like she had been stretched and yanked beyond endurance. But she still turned and looked over her shoulder, scanning the other side of the forest for Mr. Graves. Bion was completely dependent on her. She suddenly understood his unwavering attitude and her cheeks heated with shame for the arguments she’d flung at him.

Well, at least some of them. But she felt her lack of experience with the Illuminist Order keenly. She had no idea how to go about searching for a Solitary Chamber. That lack of knowledge could see them back in the hands of Aetos.

“Are you a convict?” the Roma leader asked.

She turned back to face Abraham and shook her head, biting her lip as she tried to decide what to tell him. She simply didn’t have much experience with lying and nothing came to mind.

But she was going to have to adapt quickly.

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