The Heart Thief by Richard A Swingle

Author:Richard A Swingle [Swingle, Richard A]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781916117037
Publisher: LWP
Published: 2019-12-03T22:00:00+00:00

Several hours passed before a ferocious rain began to pound down on the ship’s sails. The material became sodden and heavy and when the forceful wind blew, it sent the sailboat rocking from side to side. Ilaria was soaked from head to toe and had bruised her elbow by falling across the deck, crashing into a storage crate.

Silvia came running from below decks having woken abruptly.

‘Ilaria! Are you alright? Ilaria?’ Silvia screamed into the storm but by the time her words reached Ilaria they were nothing more than whispers, drowned by the operatic wails of the squall.

‘Silvia! I’m sorry, it just came out of nowhere.’ Ilaria tried her best to make her way to Silvia but staggered across the decks as she went. Silvia wrapped her arm around a loose rope, steadying herself and grabbed Ilaria tight by her shoulder.

‘Are you alright?’ Silvia demanded, and Ilaria nodded in return. ‘We have to drop the sails or we’ll roll right over.’

‘Okay, tell me what to do.’

Silvia gave her instructions and the two shipmates ran to the rigging to bring down the sails. It was hard work, as every time they tried to loosen the ropes the wind blew them to the side. After several trying minutes, battling crashing waves and resisting the power of the wind that blew them, Ilaria and Silvia managed to lower the sails and the boat suddenly became more stable.

‘We did it!’ Ilaria shouted, waving to Silvia across the deck.

Silvia put her thumb and forefinger together, making an OK signal and held up her hand to Ilaria and smiled. ‘I can’t imagine sailing without you watching my back ever again, Ilaria. How do you fancy joining my crew?’ Silvia said half joking and half meaningfully.

Ilaria was slightly stunned at the offer, not knowing truly if it was one or not. She imagined a life on the open waters as Silvia’s right-hand woman. Sailing the Mediterranean and admiring the forces of nature. She felt herself abandon all intention of heading to Tuscany to find the dragon and as if her ancestors rode the storm, angered by her thoughts, a large wave came swooping across the deck and toppled her over. Once the surge had cleared, Silvia was left standing alone. Ilaria was nowhere to be seen.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.