How to Break an Evil Curse by Laura Morrison

Author:Laura Morrison
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Black Spot Books
Published: 2020-05-09T16:00:00+00:00

Meanwhile, back on the high seas, Jane and Captain Maximus McManlyman were hauling an unconscious Farland Phelps up the stairs and onto the deck of the pirate ship. When Jane had asked McManlyman to help her out, he had taken it all in stride, not even thinking to ask who Farland was or why they were dragging an unconscious guy out of the infirmary and onto the deck in the wee hours of the morning.

It was only when she asked him to help her stuff Farland into a barrel that he asked, “Now what’s going on here?”

“The barrel’s so he won’t drown when we throw him overboard.”

“Um…”

“Look, we don’t have much time. I’ll explain later. Right now, all you need to know is that he’s a bad guy and I’ve been keeping him unconscious for Warren and his family. I can’t keep him unconscious any longer, though, because the drugs have run out. But he’s a wizard, so I don’t want him around me when he wakes up and realizes what I’ve done. So, I’m just tossing him overboard instead,” she explained. “He’ll wake up and magic himself back onto land,” she added as though McManlyman might actually be concerned for Farland’s safety.

McManlyman pondered a moment. “Wait. Why do you want him to magic himself onto land? He’s a bad guy, right?” He pulled out his cutlass and asked, “Wouldn’t killing him solve things?”

“Captain, if I thought killing bad guys was the way to solve problems, I could have poisoned you and your pirates about ten times over and made my escape.”

McManlyman frowned, feeling a bit hurt by her words. He had thought that, while they hadn’t exactly started out on the best foot, they had bonded over the past few days. They’d had dinner two nights in a row in his quarters and had had some good heart-to-hearts.

Or so he’d thought.

To find that she still considered him a bad guy who could theoretically be neutralized through poisoning made him feel quite depressed. It had been a while since McManlyman had been in a relationship. He was starting to daydream about the possibilities with Jane.

That very morning, he had been scanning through one of his very favorite romance novels—one that featured a lovely lady who had been taken captive by pirates, but in a great plot twist she actually ended up falling in love with the dashing, misunderstood pirate captain who was really quite a sensitive guy on the inside and just needed the love of a good woman to sort him out. A first-rate book in his opinion.

Clearly, her thoughts were not running in the same direction as McManlyman’s.

“Put away your sword,” she said with obvious annoyance. Violence and Hippocratic oaths just didn’t mix as far as she was concerned. “Warren and I talked it through, and the plan is that I stick this guy in a barrel.”

“My way is better,” McManlyman grumbled. But he didn’t want to make her mad, so he refrained from slitting Farland’s throat, and instead sheathed his cutlass with a sigh.

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