The Sublime and Spirited Voyage of Original Sin by Colette Moody

Author:Colette Moody [Colette Moody]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Lesbian, Fiction, Action & Adventure, Romance, General, Suspense
ISBN: 9781602820548
Google: JH-nOAAACAAJ
Amazon: 1602820546
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2009-03-09T00:00:00+00:00

ChapTer ThirTeen

When Celia’s eyes fluttered open, she was momentarily

disoriented. Behind her sat Gayle, dressed and seated at

her desk, drinking a steaming tankard of tea.

“Good morning, Celia. Did you sleep well?”

Celia ran her hand through her mussed hair in bewilderment. “I

suppose so.”

“I imagine you did, since you’re still completely clothed—damn

the luck.” She took another sip of tea. “Would you care for breakfast?”

“I would.” She swung her legs over the edge of the bed and

stretched. “Clearly you’re feeling better. Aren’t you the least bit

interested why I slept here last night?”

One corner of Gayle’s mouth rose playfully. “If it’s any reason

other than that you simply couldn’t bear to be away from my side, then

no. I’m not interested.”

“Are you aware that James’s sister came here to see you?”

“Really? Why?”

“Apparently she felt you and she have some sexual chemistry. I

believe she meant to bed you.” She rubbed her eyes sleepily.

“And you stayed here with me to thwart her?”

“Well, you needed your rest. Besides,” she stood and faced Gayle,

“you certainly wouldn’t have been at your best—head wound and all.

Would you want to send that girl back to Bristol thinking you were an

inept fumbler?”

“Inept fumbler?” she asked, rising.

“Surely you have a reputation of some kind to promote. Had I

not intervened, all of England might soon have heard that you were all

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ColeTTe moody

thumbs, so to speak.” She coughed nervously and stared at the floor,

fidgeting.

Gayle chuckled. “That reason may be even better than the one I

was deluding myself with. I’d say you owe me.”

“Pardon?”

“You owe me,” she repeated, holding up her index finger and

stepping closer. “One night of torrid, passionate, hungry sex.” She

waited for a response, her finger still erect in the air.

Celia raised a saucy eyebrow. “I’ll see if Anne’s still willing,

then.”“Sweetie, Anne is nothing but willing. That may be the solitary

word on her tombstone when her life is snuffed.”

“It’s good to see that you fancy the intellectual types.”

“I thought we were speaking about the types who fancy me.”

“Yes, the blond and lusty type, it appears. I’m sure you’ll have no

problem arranging your night of sex.” She said the last word as though

it were something extremely distasteful.

“As much as it saddens me, we have other, more pressing things

to attend to, Celia.”

“Do we?”

“Aye. We’re back in Port Royal. We need to make a quick stop and

then take our leave in a brace of shakes.”

“What’s happened?”

“Only what we planned to happen. Dowd and some of the men

went to the Pleiades and waited for the slavers to arrive with their

cargo.”

“How many did they have?”

“About a hundred.” Gayle crossed her arms. “Once we dispatched

the traffickers we gave the slaves the option of either signing on to

Original Sin or going free and trying to find their way back to the Ivory

Coast.”

“Did any sign on?”

“Twenty-four did. The rest disappeared into the night with their

families, or were hoping to return to their families. The poor, bloody

bastards.”

“So we’re sailing back into Port Royal to—”

“Sell the Pleiades and all the jewelry we’ve acquired. There’s a

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