Captain's Bride by Kat Martin

Author:Kat Martin [Martin, Kat]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Fiction, General, Historical, alpha male, sea captain, kat martin, charleston, sea adenture
ISBN: 9781557733825
Google: 2r1zAAAACAAJ
Amazon: 1557733821
Publisher: Diamond Books
Published: 1990-07-31T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Eighteen days after the Black Spider went down, Glory spotted sail just south and east of where they were stranded. Jumping up and down and pointing excitedly, she flashed Nicholas a bright smile and rushed toward the beach. Nicholas headed straight for the signal fire. Glory waved her arms and loudly called out to the ship, though it was much too far away for the crew to hear her. Once the fire began to blaze, Nicholas joined her on the beach.

Glory slipped her arm through his. “Just think, Nicholas, at last we’ll have clean clothes.”

“And a hot bath,” he said.

“And food we don’t have to catch first.”

“And a feather bed,” he added with a warm note in his voice.

She tilted her face to look up at him. “In some ways I’ll miss this place.”

Smiling warmly, he ran a finger down the line of her jaw. “Me, too.”

The huge signal fire shot flames into the air, marking their location, and the ship headed straight for their position. Nicholas brought a blanket for her to wrap herself up in, and Glory blushed prettily, conscious of her skimpy garments for the first time in days. Neither spoke for a while; they just stood quietly on the shore, listening to the waves breaking at their feet and watching the big ship approach.

“That’s the Black Witch,” Nicholas told her, ending the silence, a proud glow warming his gray eyes. “She’s my flagship.”

“She’s beautiful.”

“She can carry only half as much cargo as the Spider, but she’s as fast as they come. A man named John Griffiths designed her. She has a sharper bow and a leaner hull than most ships; that’s what makes her so fast. If they’ve picked up the rest of the crew, we’ll make New York Harbor in four days.”

Glory looked out at the graceful ship and, for the first time since the sinking, allowed herself to think of Nathan and the crew. During the time she’d spent on the island, she had refused to believe Nathan wasn’t safe. Now that the resolution of her fears lay only minutes away, she was worried. Was he all right? Was he safely aboard the Black Witch with the rest of the crew? She prayed he was and in her heart felt almost sure. Still . . . She couldn’t wait till she reached the ship and could put her fears to rest.

In the end she didn’t have to wait that long. Two shore boats were launched from the Witch as the ship drew near, and shading her eyes from the sun, Glory could just make out Nathan’s handsome dark profile in the bow of the second boat. Heart racing wildly, she rushed into the surf, waving and calling out his name. Jago sat at the helm, and she could see Mac and Josh Pintassle in the bow of the lead boat. Relieved at last, Glory wrapped her arms around herself and gave up a silent prayer of thanks.

Josh beached the first boat, and he and Mac jumped into the water at the same time.

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