The Infamous Rogue by Alexandra Benedict

Author:Alexandra Benedict
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2011-04-12T03:00:02+00:00

Chapter 14

S ophia sat on the bed.

Two days at sea. Two miserable days at sea. She wasn’t nauseous from the swelling waters, but sick at heart. What was she going to do? How was she going to make things right back in England?

She pressed her legs against her breasts, set her chin on her knees. She was trapped aboard the Bonny Meg, secured in the captain’s cabin. How long would the mission last?

A fortnight? A month?

She should never have followed the black devil back to his ship. Curse him for riling her senses so! She wouldn’t be in this mess then.

She sighed. Lady Lucas would have an apoplexy. Perhaps the matron had already had one. Had she summoned the authorities to search for her missing charge? Had she asked the earl for assistance?

The earl. What would he think to learn his intended bride was lost? That she was off gallivanting with a bloody cutthroat?

“Arrgh!”

Sophia slammed her fists against the bedding. She was restless. Bored. She wanted to swim back to England, to make things right with the earl and Lady Lucas.

Sophia was determined to keep her misadventure a secret. No one would ever know what had transpired between her and Black Hawk. But what would they think about her disappearance?

Perhaps she was fretting too much. Lady Lucas was a savvy woman. She might tell the earl her charge was “ill” and recuperating, that she wasn’t seeing visitors or attending parties. And surely the matron wouldn’t summon the authorities, creating a stir? She would set about a clandestine search for her charge, wouldn’t she?

The damage to Sophia’s reputation might not be so great. A missing young woman was always cause for speculation. However, if Lady Lucas remained calm and didn’t voice her worries in public, Sophia might come out of this mishap without social scars.

She curled her arms around her knees. There was only one real way to determine the damage to her reputation: she had to return to England and confront the ton.

She shuddered. Thoughts of Imogen filled her head. Gruesome thoughts. The memory of the woman’s suffering, her cruel fate still swirled in her skul .

You could have saved her!

Unwelcome tears welled in her eyes and she blinked to keep them back. Could she have saved Imogen as the boorish captain had charged? She would never know. Fear had crippled her. And her own deep desire to be a countess had prevented her from even trying to offer the girl a saving hand.

And that haunted her.

The cabin door opened.

Black Hawk entered the space. He filled the room with his robust presence. He was dressed in a white shirt, the fabric at his collar parted. The laces dangled, revealing the tufts of dark hair smattered across his strapping chest.

She licked her lips. He had the shirt tucked into his black trousers. Tight trousers. The material hugged his thick legs, his hips…

The swelling muscle between his legs made her heart quiver with longing. She tamped the wild passion into the pit of her soul.

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