Rogue of the High Seas by Cynthia Breeding

Author:Cynthia Breeding
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Scotland;maritime;sea captain;clans;highlands;isles;borders;sister;rogue
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2015-10-06T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

By the following Monday, Albert felt well enough to return to the office. Luckily, the fever and chills from his spill into icy waters had not affected his lungs. The household had breathed a sigh of relief when Janet shooed everyone out of the kitchen and resumed cooking all the meals over the weekend. Shauna wasn’t sure whether that had to do with Albert feeling better or Janet not wanting to be usurped. Robert had come back to cook the evening meals on Thursday and Friday, and the compliments that followed had likely caused Janet to lay siege to her kitchen. Shauna knew her sister Bridget felt that particular room was her specific domain at Glenfinnan and guarded it like a she-wolf with one pup.

As Shauna walked into the office, she reflected on how Albert’s recovery was a mixed blessing. A blessing, to be sure, that he was well, but it meant Robert would not be returning each evening to prepare the meal. Although she was not particularly helpful in the kitchen—and Kyla had hovered like a fly around honey—Shauna had enjoyed the conversations with Robert. She’d told him how much she’d like to see the Continent, especially the sunny shores of the Mediterranean, and he’d shared stories of the ports of call he’d made in the West Indies.

“It looks like ye did a good job while I was ill,” Albert said as he scanned a ledger sheet with the entries for the Silver Drake.

“The captain was kind enough to wait to unload until we could get back to the docks the next morning.” She didn’t add that when she’d talked to the captain that morning he’d told her the crew had been so shaken at nearly smashing Albert to his death that he’d given them liberty.

“Robert did a good job with the inventory,” Albert said.

“Aye. Shane told him about the smuggling accusation.” Another consequence of Albert being back was that Robert would not be needed to help in the office. The upside was that Colette would not be fluttering around, but then maybe that was a downside too, since she would probably just arrange to sketch Robert wherever he was. For all Shauna knew, Colette might be following him around this very minute—wherever he was.

That thought stopped when the door to the office opened and Colette walked in and looked around.

“Robert is not here yet?”

At least he hadn’t told Colette he wasn’t coming in. Maybe… Shauna sighed. She’d drive herself insane if she kept this up. Colette had every right to paint Robert and he had agreed.

“I have nae seen him this morning.” Actually, she hadn’t seen him since Friday night, but Colette didn’t need to know that.

“Perhaps I will come back later then,” Colette said and held up a small poster advertising an open house at the Edinburgh Home for the Aged and Infirm the coming Friday. “Papa said this was left at his office and he wondered if it was the place you volunteer.”

Shauna nodded. “The

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