The Black Lion (Pirate's Paradise Book 1) by Victoria Vale

Author:Victoria Vale [Vale, Victoria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Victoria Vale
Published: 2020-09-21T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

The following afternoon, when the sun was at its highest, Drew stood amongst his crew on the deck of The Sea Lion with Arabella at his side. His two prisoners knelt in irons, ready to face the justice of the crew and their captain.

Despite a near-sleepless night, Bella was bright-eyed and radiant. With past slights smoothed over and lies exposed, they were now free to become reacquainted with one another—an opportunity Drew did not take for granted. They had passed the night tangled with one another in his bed, legs intertwined, voices low as they spoke every word that had gone unsaid between them for five long years. When they weren’t talking, Drew was exorcising years’ worth of turmoil between her thighs.

He ought to be gentler with her, kissing and caressing her with the tender hands of a lover instead of the dominating ones of a pirate captain, but his fervor for her was unlike anything he’d ever experienced. It demanded utter annihilation—panting, sweating oblivion.

His Bella was as receptive to him as she’d always been, her carnal urges awakened and responding in kind to his dark urges. She only clung to him tighter when it was over, kissing his neck, his jaw, his lips. Her sweetness in the aftermath was his favorite part—something he’d never thought to experience again during those hellish days aboard the HMS Hannibal.

That time in his life was over. With this final act, he would put Archibald, Will, and their foul deeds behind him, then escape with Arabella to part of the secluded Pirate Island. His pirating days were far from over, for there was an entire crew of men relying on him, and oceans full of ships for the plunder. But he would strike out to sea secure in the knowledge that Arabella would always be his home, his place of refuge, the thing drawing him back to Île Saint Marie.

This morning, he delved into the chest of treasures he’d been saving for over the years for the first time. She’d been surprised to learn that the bench beneath his bay of windows was actually a chest, which he opened to reveal the riches kept safe within. Drew had taken the best of the plunder from various ships for her, and it gave him great pleasure to finally put it all in her possession.

His Bella had been catered to as a lady all her life, but now she would be a queen. She bathed in waters scented with jasmine and clove, and slathered her skin with rose and almond oils. Once he had her on the island, he’d reserve a portion of his house staff to cater to her every whim. He would do it because it would gratify him to give her everything her father had thought him incapable of—but also to make up for his own mistakes. She had forgiven him for the assumptions he had made, as well as his lack of trust in her. However, Drew wouldn’t be content with that.

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