Carried Away (The Swept Away Saga, Book Two) by Kamery Solomon

Author:Kamery Solomon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: pirate, historical romance, time travel romance, pirate romance, time travel adventure, romance 1600s, timeslip romance, historical time travel, pirate time travel romance, pirate time travel
Publisher: Kamery Solomon

Breathing heavily, I looked down at the body beneath me, the gory blade still clutched tightly in my fingers. Red liquid dripped from my knuckles, softly splattering on its host’s unmoving form. Vaguely, I was aware of more people joining us, shouts falling on my deaf ears. All I could see or hear was the blood, the very thing that had burned so hot in myself, now shed by the man before me.

Life is the greatest gift we have. Do not take it unnecessarily.

Grey One’s words echoed in my mind. Was Sam right? She hadn’t sounded like she blamed me, but there was a condemnation to her words that stung. Had I taken a life just because I could, or had it been truly necessary? Would Legion have left after only being roughed up? Now I would never know.

I thought I was protecting her, but going over the fight in my mind, it was easy to see that wasn’t true; I’d let the blood lust overtake me. Hadn’t the same sense been in Legion’s eye as well, though? If I hadn’t have killed him, surely it would be me bleeding out on the floor right now.

The noises around me seemed to pop and fizzle back into existence as I blinked, glancing up from the corpse. The brown walls faded into nothing as I stared at the group of men who had shoved their way through the door, more that I couldn’t see still shouting for details from outside. Some of them wore expressions of shock and boredom, others rage. Eyes were either trained on me, or the not-so-dearly departed lying on the planks beneath me.

“What have you done?” It was the dead man’s cousin, his stump of a finger still crudely bandaged up and wrapped around his drawn knife. Face contorted into a mix of anger and grief, his dirt streaked form glared up at me, inches from his relative. A pang of guilt washed over me, but I stood my ground.

This was no time for apologies.

Those who had found Legion a friend or ally were obviously readying themselves to fight for him, swords being drawn as they stepped forward, growls resonating in their throats. Defensively, I held my blade out, refusing to move even an inch and show them the terror they wanted from me.

“What’s going on down here?” Captain Randall’s voice boomed over the crowd, his form shoving through the throng. The men fell silent and darted to either side to make way; he was the only person we all truly feared. When he reached the front, he paused, taking in the scene. His gaze traveled over his captive once, slowly, before moving on to me. He then glared at the floor, lips pursed, before straightening to his full height and sneering at me. “You’ve made quite the mess here, Snake Eyes. Do you care to enlighten the crew as to why?”

I’d seen him use this type of interrogation before. His easy manner made the victim think they were safe from harm.

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