Home is the Sailor (The Royal Navy Series) by Rowan Lee

Author:Rowan, Lee [Rowan, Lee]
Language: nld
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Gay & Lesbian
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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The next morning’s weather did permit them to

ride, but only for an hour or so; a line of turbulent

clouds made its way across the landscape so

speedily that their party barely had time to reach

the safety of the stable before a cold, drenching

rain began to soak the earth. Lady Anne was

waiting for them at the door, and bustled her

youngest sister, who had begun sneezing, off to

change her clothing. The other ladies went along

with them, and Will was happy enough to follow

Davy back to their quarters.

“You’re showing some improvement,” Davy

said encouragingly. “If you could only find the

rhythm to post when he trots, you’d soon find the

other gaits more comfortable.”

“I’ll never make much of a rider, I know that,”

Will responded. “But it was good to get out of the

house and into the open air. I do believe my

balance is improving—at least, the horse’s

movements are becoming less of a surprise. The

boots help, I think.”

“I hoped they might.” In the course of keeping

some promise to his sister, Davy had gone off to

consult with Mark’s valet the evening before, and

had begged the use of a pair of his late brother’s

old riding boots— not, he had been careful to

explain to Will, the top-boots that might make him

look as though he was putting on airs.

Davy pulled a chair close to the fire and stuck

out his own booted foot. “Here, give me a hand

with these, would you? I know you’d rather not

call for a valet. I’ll help you with yours, too.”

“Thank you!” Will dropped to one knee and

smiled up at him wistfully as he drew the boot off.

He ran an admiring hand down Davy’s buckskin-

clad thigh. “I’d be happy to help with any other

articles you might wish to remove, sir, but…”

“Alas, just the boots,” Davy said, returning the

smile. “Where’s a handy tree when you need one?”

“Out in the downpour,” Will said, propping the

second empty boot beside the first and restraining

his impulse to offer more personal services. “My

turn.”

“As we came inside, I was thinking of what that

squall would be like at sea,” Davy said, trading

places with him. “Hatches battened, the rain falling

sideways, and next to no difference between being

soaked on deck or dripping wet in the cabin.”

Will glanced at the fire, appreciating the warmth

and the clean, dry room. “If we were at sea, we’d

be too busy or too weary to think of the damp, but I

can’t say I miss it. This is certainly more

comfortable.”

“Physically, yes.” Davy picked up both pair of

boots and took them over to leave outside the door

for cleaning. He came back to the other chair and

stretched his own feet out to the fire. “I think we

may both wish we were back on the Mermaid by

the time we’re finished with supper. My sister-in-

law Virginia is planning to join us.”

That sounded as though it ought to be a good

thing, but Davy’s tone suggested anything but. “She

is feeling better, then?”

“I couldn’t say. Amelia says she is ‘determined’

to join us, and I hate to imagine what that may

mean. It might simply be that she’s grown bored,

but I have to wonder…” Davy bit his lip.

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