The Pirate Bride by Shannon Drake

Author:Shannon Drake
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2008-10-05T21:00:00+00:00

“LAND HO!”

The cry came from the crow’s nest, and the minute he heard the words, Brendan jumped up from the bed in the captain’s quarters.

Racing out, he saw Silent Sam in the crow’s nest and Peg-leg at the wheel.

“Island?” he called.

Silent Sam looked down at him with a nod.

Twenty minutes later, their sails were furled and they were at anchor. A crew of six took the small boats in to the beach.

Brendan stood on the sand. There was some flotsam and jetsam on the beach, but not much, and it had all been there for a long time. He didn’t need to wait for the others to return from farther inland to know they had not found Red and Logan. He felt his heart sinking, yet, he could not allow himself to give up.

Peg-leg came over to him a few minutes later and said, “I’m sorry, Brendan.”

“I believe we’re searching in the wrong direction,” Brendan said, refusing to let the man see his fears. “We need to recalculate the wind from the storm and its effect on the tides. I believe we need to sail in a more westerly direction.”

Peg-leg was silent for a moment. Then he said, “Aye, Brendan. Westerly. And good that it was not this sad shoal. Not a drop of water did we find.”

Water. Brendan prayed there was fresh water wherever they had washed ashore.

Washed ashore alive.

“My friends,” he said to the assembled crew. “We sail again.”

As soon as they returned to the ship, he cried out the order to raise anchor and sail. As he stood near the helm, staring out bleakly at the expanse of the ocean, Jimmy O’Hara joined him.

“Brendan,” he said hesitantly.

“Aye?”

The skinny little man whose life they had spared looked at him with frightened eyes.

“I believe he’s out there.”

For a moment, Brendan was confused.

“Who?”

“Blair. Blair Colm.”

“What?”

“I was in the crow’s nest, on guard, as ye’ checked out the isle. There was a ship in the distance. My eyes are good. I could have sworn I saw the British flag—with his beneath it—on a ship headed west.”

Brendan looked at him, his heart turning to lead.

“Then we must sail with all speed,” he said.

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