The Treasure Hunter's Lady by Allison Merritt

Author:Allison Merritt [Merritt, Allison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: native americans, steampunk, adventurers, treasure, romance, adventure, cowboys, legend, myths
Publisher: Alice R. Cummings
Published: 2012-02-07T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Romy paced the width of the ship's bow. She twisted the ends of her hair around her fingers, ignoring the curious stares of the remaining crew. Her heart was in her throat, pounding out a tempo only slightly faster than her feet. She'd tried sitting still, but it made her feel useless. As long as she kept moving, she could be certain the world was the same place it had been before Abel left the Ursula Ann. The same place where he still lived and breathed and vexed her with his plans to get to the Diamond.

In his haste to get to Bismarck, he hadn't gotten proper rest or a decent meal. A few days in bed, he'd be back on his feet and . . . they would be right back where they started. Her on a flight to Boston and him on the way to the Diamond. Being separated from Abel by death was a distance she didn’t want to contemplate.

Under her worry, anger bubbled like molten lava. Trust that damned sky pirate to bar her from Abel's cabin. At the insistence of a shaman. The feathered and painted man took one look at her and declared she was in the way. He'd rattled something off in broken English, and when she looked for Van Buren to explain, he'd replied with, “He says you are tainting the air with your worry. The spirits do not like you. Perhaps it is best if you wait above deck.”

For all her protesting that he ought to find a real doctor, Van Buren wouldn't budge on the subject. The nerve of the man! Well, she'd find one herself. She spun on the ball of her foot and headed for the gangplank.

“Where are you off to, Miss Farrington?”

Romy froze, ready to ask how Abel was, when she thought of her new quest. She faced Van Buren, arms akimbo, shoulders square as she looked into his face. “To find him a real doctor. None of this mumbo jumbo you seem so fond of.”

Van Buren didn't seem intimidated by her stance. He stared at her coolly. “The mumbo jumbo, as you say, was not my decision. I suggest you take it up with Abel when he wakes. You are prohibited from leaving my ship.”

Instead of feeling trapped by his words, relief fluttered through her. They weren't going to keep Abel from her. Surely he wasn't going to die. “Is he going to be all right? That witch doctor has cured him?”

“I believe the term is medicine man.” Van Buren's face didn't change, but something in his eyes shifted, almost as though he agreed with her idea. “Go on down, Miss Farrington. You may as well decide for yourself if the medicine he uses is real.”

“We'll discuss my comings and goings at a later time, Captain. Excuse me.” She brushed past him, bumping his arm as she went. He grunted as she passed by, but said nothing.

Her boots thumped the stairs as she ran down. She grabbed the rail at the last second before she collided with the shaman.

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