Pride & Prejudice & Pirates by Caylen McQueen

Author:Caylen McQueen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: jane austen relling, pride and prejudice retelling, new steampunk books, steampunk romance, sweet romance 2018, new sweet romance, fantasy romance
Publisher: Caylen McQueen
Published: 2018-08-31T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

“I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED in you, Shar Lucas! Extremely disappointed!” Wilhelmina lectured her captor as they boarded The Dashing Lady. “I always believed you were a kind man who appreciated his position with the Bennets. Well, not only have you proven me wrong, you have proven me wrong in the worst possible way... with a gun to my back!”

Shar was silent as he led her up the gangplank. Gladys and Kier were trailing behind him, and as soon as they boarded, Gladys gave a nod to their new helmswoman, who lifted off with haste. They were too close to Rosings, and if Lady Catherine learned of her engineer's abduction, she would surely want revenge.

“I am disappointed in you as well, cousin!” Wilhelmina directed her next lecture to Kier Bennet. “I never thought you would form an alliance with a pirate... and with Georgette Wickham, of all people! She is the sworn enemy of the great Lady Catherine de Bourgh, who happens to be your brother's wife's aunt! Would you really oppose a member of your own family?”

“I wouldn't refer to Lady Catherine as family,” Kier objected—and with good reason. It was Lady Catherine who had banished him to Longbourn. “Our familial connection to that woman is scarce, at best.”

“Still... pirates?” Wilhelmina shrieked. When she had her first glimpse of Wickham, standing on the bow, she shrieked again. “You have aligned yourself with questionable companions. I have every right to be disappointed!”

“Oh... quiet down, you mad bat!” Georgette exclaimed. “It isn't as if your cousin buried a knife in your back. But if he did, I honestly wouldn't blame him. A mouth like yours would drive anyone to madness!”

“You better be kind to me!” Wilhelmina tore off her gloves and slammed them on the deck, not far from Georgette's boots. “Mr. Lucas said you needed my genius to complete some sort of superweapon?”

“Aye. A supercannon.” As she unrolled her blueprint, Georgette nibbled her lip. She couldn't tell Wilhelmina how she planned to use her new weapon. If Miss Collins knew she intended to blow Rosings to bits, she would probably accept death before agreeing to assist. For unfathomable reasons, the captured engineer had tremendous love for the pompous old lady.

“Hmm...” Wilhelmina tapped her chin as she leaned over the paper. “This is some sort of... extra powerful cannon?”

“Aye,” Georgette said again. “Would it be possible to make something like this?”

“Possible, yes. Probable... not likely.” Wilhelmina's fingers continued to flutter around her chin as she studied Wickham's design. “I would have to make some minor adjustments. And, of course, you would need a lot of money to buy these parts.” When she glanced at Georgette, Wilhelmina's eyes were dull. “Are you in possession of a great deal of money, Captain Wickham?”

“No. We just lost our old airship... and everything in it. I'm actually rather poor.” As she confessed to her destitution, Wickham's smile fell from her face.

“Well, if you really want me to construct this for you... which, by the way, I would rather not do.

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