Stolen by My Knave by Dawn Brower

Author:Dawn Brower
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Monarchal Glenn Press
Published: 2017-06-19T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

A damned ball. There was no avoiding the dratted thing. He’d promised Clifton he’d stay at the party and that meant attending all the events too. Elizabeth had been persistent in attempting to talk to him, but by some miracle he’d escaped each time. His luck wasn’t going to hold out for long though. She would make him tell her why he was avoiding her. That was inevitable... He hoped to put it off for as long as possible.

Because his feelings for her were—wrong.

How was he to explain that to her. He shouldn’t desire someone he was directly related to. She was his sister’s granddaughter—his niece’s daughter. It was dirty to think of her the way he did. Until he found a way to remove that disgusting emotion from himself, he couldn’t be near her. The temptation was too great, and Jack didn’t believe he was strong enough to resist it.

He adjusted his cravat one last time and took a deep breath. It was time to go downstairs and face his fate. If luck was on his side, and it usually was, he’d be able to continue to steer clear of Elizabeth. He’d do as Clifton asked and pay attention to his sister, Lady Bianca. It might even offer discouragement to Elizabeth, something he desperately needed in order to make it through the night’s festivities.

Jack left his room and headed toward the ballroom. He stopped outside the entrance and stared at the sea of gowns glittering under the candlelight. There were a lot of people inside the room. Lady Clifton had invited all the neighboring estates, and if Jack had to guess, an additional set of invites went out to a great deal of the aristocracy. She was one hell of a determined mama ready to find her daughter a husband of means. The mercenary side of Jack appreciated her efforts, but he rather felt sorry for Lady Bianca. She must feel a little lost in the sea of sharks at the ball.

He located Lady Bianca and made his way to her side. She glanced up at him with a ready smile. “Lord Whitewood, it’s good to see you. How are you finding the ball so far?”

Horrible, and he’d been in attendance less than a quarter hour. He couldn’t very well tell her that though. “It’s lovely. Your mother has a nice touch.”

She was one of the scariest people he’d ever met, and that was saying a lot considering his former pirating days. He handled her tenaciousness, but only because he had experiences wrangling people. A ship’s captain had to have complete authority and respect. There was one crew member who’d dare to defy him though. Percy... Jack hoped that Paul had managed to kill the man when he'd failed. Percy had dared to throw Evelyn overboard and when that hadn’t killed her, he’d been ready to slide a saber through her. Jack had been enraged when he realized Percy had defied his orders and given in to his ridiculous superstitions about a woman aboard a ship.

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