Captive Secrets by Fern Michaels

Author:Fern Michaels
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Published: 2014-01-29T22:00:00+00:00

“I watched you. You were the Siren,” Juli said excitedly. “I want to hear what it was like walking about the ship. And what did those damnable birds give you?”

“Juli, it was the most wonderful experience!” Fury exclaimed. “I felt as if I were bewitched for a time, and then when Gaspar brought the garter, I was me again. Oh, I can’t explain it! I was slicing at Senor Domingo and making him beg me—I was going to spare his life the way my mother spared my father’s. I never felt like that before. It was make-believe, a pretend game. And now it’s over,” she concluded sadly.

“Hardly,” Juli muttered. “I think it’s just beginning. If we’re lucky, your clothes will dry before we reach the house. Tomorrow is another day, Miss Fury.”

Fury nodded. “Yes, another day.”

She was on her way up the stairs to retire when Juli came running up to say that Father Sebastian had just arrived and was waiting to speak with her on the veranda. Fury hurried out to him.

“Father, what is it?” she cried anxiously. “What’s happened?”

“I’m not sure, but I thought you would want to know. The talk in town is that Mynheer Dykstra hired Señor Domingo to find the Sea Siren. The señor sailed with the tide on one of the Dutch East India’s ships. Yesterday, a brigantine belonging to the Dutch East India Company limped into port. Her captain said she was attacked by the Sea Siren. She was shot broadside and all the Dutch East India’s cargo plundered. It’s just like before. The town is . . . they’re saying all manner of things. The merchants are putting a price on her head and the Dutch East India Company is adding its own. Every able-bodied ship is going to sea to hunt her down—dead or alive, they say.”

“Did anyone actually see the . . . the impostor?”

“The entire crew of the plundered ship, and that makes Señor Domingo’s story true. We never should have doubted him,” the old priest said sourly.

Fury considered his words, brows furrowed in a pensive frown. “Father, don’t you find it just a little bit strange that Senor Domingo is the one hired by the Dutch East India Company to find the Sea Siren?”

“Not in the least. He’s young and strong, and he actually had words with the woman. He was the logical choice. Mynheer Dykstra is too old to be hunting down the likes of this woman. It makes sense.”

“Not to me, it doesn’t,” Fury snapped. “Perhaps they’re in this together. That’s logical.”

“Furana!” cried the priest, shocked. “Mynheer Dykstra is your father’s old friend. He would never do anything so base. You should apologize for such a wicked thought. Although—” he hesitated.

“What?” Fury demanded.

“Both men were seen coming out of—”

“Where?” Fury prodded when he seemed disinclined to continue.

“Clarice’s . . . establishment. At midmorning. Today.”

“Oh . . .” The information was a blow to Fury’s pride. She knew her face was scarlet as she led the way into the library, where she rang Juli for refreshments.

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