Once a Pirate by Susan Grant

Author:Susan Grant [Grant, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-428-50968-9
Publisher: Dorchester Publishing Co., Inc.
Published: 2011-11-27T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Andrew stood outside the door, inhaling deep lungsful of air. It seemed he was caught in the momentum of his life, rushing toward a fate his despicable deeds had set in motion. He could no more stop the imminent outcome than he could stop his heart.

There’s no turning back.

He plowed his fingers through his sweat-dampened hair and marched away from the cabin. But not from the image of Amanda’s—Carly’s—incredulous, anguish-filled gaze. He remembered well the wariness in her eyes during her first days on the ship. Now it was back. He’d brought it back.

His chest squeezed tight. Damn her eyes. Damn her for making him believe he could be like other men. That he could love.

And for making him love her.

“Mr. Egan,” Andrew called out upon sighting his first mate. “I take it you’ve disposed of the last of the Longreach’s milksops?”

“Where were ya?” Relief was etched on Cuddy’s exhausted face. “I thought we’d lost you overboard.”

“There was a problem at the stern. ’Tis solved.” The lie tasted bitter. “As soon as we are in range, Cuddy, have the men aim for the rudder post.”

“Aye, sir.”

Andrew clasped his hands behind his back and walked toward the helm. After surveying the damage to his ship and discussing the casualties sustained with Willoughby, he spent the last tense moments before battle pondering the identity of the woman in his quarters.

The extraordinary pistol had scuttled his lingering doubts. She was not Lady Amanda; thus she was not betrothed to the duke. The possibilities frightened the hell out of him.

She could be yours.

But this was a woman who could vanish into the future as abruptly and unexpectedly as she’d come into his life.

Don’t let her, he thought crazily.

If she stayed, what then? What had he to offer her save a nomad’s life and the shame of his sorry past? Furthermore, his loyal, profit-driven crew expected to divide the promised ransom upon her release. Andrew’s honor and his word as their leader were at stake if he did not follow through with the plan.

Bloody hell. ’Twas a seemingly unsolvable dilemma.

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