The Lady Captain by Caylen McQueen

Author:Caylen McQueen [McQueen, Caylen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-08-16T22:00:00+00:00

Mae and Nico were on the other side of Bordeaux, far away from The Velvet Dame. They nearly reached the town's exit before they heard Ella's screaming.

“Help!” Ella watched helplessly as Harvey and Ivan tossed her reticule back and forth, taunting her. “Someone, please!”

“Stop the motocarriage,” Nico demanded. If two thugs were torturing a young woman, he couldn't just look the other way and pretend he didn't see it. “Pull over. We have to help!”

“No, Nico,” Mae quietly objected. “I know you want to help, but this is Bordeaux. This kind of thing happens all the time. Believe me, you don't want to get involved!”

“Stop! Stop driving!” the prince insisted. He tried to seize the wheel from Mae, who deflected him with her elbow.

“I mean it, Nico! We shouldn't interfere. I know you mean well, but honestly, making enemies in Bordeaux is suicide. You shouldn't--”

Nico leapt from his seat before Mae finished her protest. As he confronted the girl's attackers, he tried to sound as brave and confident as possible. “I think you should leave the girl alone.”

“Says who? You?” Harvey slapped his knee and chuckled. “Don't make me laugh, boy-o!” When Ella tried to get away, he reeled her back in and roughly kissed her cheek.

Mae halted the motocarriage and reached for the pistol she stole from Kieran. While she wasn't thrilled with the idea of using it, Nico's antics would probably make it necessary. Mae didn't know what he was thinking, or if he was even thinking at all. Nico was neither broad nor small, neither tall nor short. He was painstakingly average, and he wasn't equipped to take on two men at once, especially one who was much larger than he was. Ivan, in particular, was a giant.

“Why would you attack a nice young lady?” Nico asked. “Who would do that? Have you ever asked yourself... is this the sort of man I want to be?”

“You're gonna be flattened in a minute. Is that the sort of man you want to be?” It was Harvey who spoke, but both men chuckled. “Or maybe I'll have Ivan knock out all your teeth. Would you like that?”

“You're welcome to try.” As Nico rolled up his sleeves, he knew it was a bad idea. He was a prince, not a brawler! When Ivan advanced on him, and Nico realized he was a foot taller than him, he suddenly wished he would have taken Mae's advice.

Ivan swung at him twice. Both times, Nico leaned back, out of range. When Ivan swung a third time, Mae raised her gun and shouted, “Hey! Hey, stop this!” But no one cared to listen to her.

After dodging yet again, Nico countered with a left hook, which surprisingly made Ivan stagger backward. Nico lifted his knee, burying it in the larger man's groin. When Ivan doubled over, Nico brought down his elbow, ramming it into the thug's head. The force of the blow brought Ivan to his knees.

Harvey released Ella and charged forward, tackling Nico, who somehow managed to stay on his feet.

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