The Siren's Song by Jennifer Bray-Weber

Author:Jennifer Bray-Weber [Bray-Weber, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Historical, Romance
ISBN: 9781426893742
Publisher: Carina Press
Published: 2012-05-19T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

“Drake. Drake. Damn it, wake up.”

Valeryn’s distant, annoying voice grew closer. Drake willed him away. He’d have none of the wakefulness, welcoming the sleep to pull him under again.

“Thayer.” A hand on his shoulder shook him. Favoring his coarse pillow under his cheek, he refused to allow his mate to roll him over onto his back.

“Is he dead?”

“We shall see, Henri. Hand me that.”

Icy cold water on Drake’s neck shot him awake. He bolted upright and swung at Valeryn. Missing widely, he flung back to his bed but fell short and landed on the floor. “Goddamn you, V! Sheer off!”

“No. The bugger’s not dead. But he’s close. Fetch him up his tea. By the look of his bloodshot eyes, make him plenty.”

Drake’s head pounded with the force of an unrelenting mallet. His brain sloshed with the tiniest of movements. Shit, he felt he might vomit. Where was the bloody chamber pot?

“By thunder, Drake.” Valeryn helped him to sit on his mattress. “I’ve not seen you this bad from getting too foxed in years.”

“Flog off.” He slowly leaned over and picked up a bottle off the floor. He jiggled it. Empty. Fuck.

“It’s nearly eleven.” Valeryn poured him a cup of grog.

That late, huh? Damn. The tosspot remedy was weak, but wetted his dry, thick mouth, nonetheless. His stomach protested. He breathed deep to keep calm. Closing his eyes helped none. White flashes blinked under his lids with each beat of his heart.

“Well? Let’s have it. What put you in a barrel fever?”

“Hist! Mind your noise before my brains bleed out my ears.”

“You went to her last night, didn’t you?” Valeryn took a seat at Drake’s desk.

The events of the night before flooded back. He was half the seas over in his cups when he went to check on Gilly. Something about the stars glittering in her eyes, the wonderment of her smile as she admired the nighttime far-reaching ocean had him wanting to ravish her there on the deck. But he hadn’t. He instead meant to see her to her room safely and retire to his own. Then the beast in him cornered his prey, trapping her. He had only intended to kiss her. What a surprise when she ravished him.

“Aye,” Drake answered. “I went to her.”

“Women don’t refuse you, Drake, even when they have to be coerced. What did you do to have her deny you?”

“She didn’t deny me.”

Quite the opposite. Gilly urged him along. Together they were raw, carnal. She was a sensual siren and he would gladly die in her arms. Not at all vulgar in her salacious desires. Just pure.

Her hands running down his body. The feel of her skin. Her response to his touch. It all consumed him. He became blinded by his appetite and his need to be inside her. She was so beautiful beneath him.

“Oh?” Valeryn said. “You don’t let your rum get the better of you after claiming a prize. What happened?”

He didn’t know what happened. Somewhere in the throes of rapture, everything changed.

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