Wind and the Sea by Canham Marsha

Author:Canham, Marsha
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, adventure, pirates, intrigue, swashbuckler, romance and love, romance mystery, romance and adventure, sea battles, romance book, romance author, barbary coast, romance historical, adventure on the high seas
Publisher: Marsha Canham

Chapter Fifteen

In a repeat of the previous evening, Courtney was rowed across to the Eagle with the stiff-backed Davey Dunn seated opposite her in the jolly boat. His eyes had squinted down to slits when he had seen her come up on deck, a reaction shared by most of the crew who were not accustomed to seeing her in anything but shirt and breeches. Dunn was silent, and for that Courtney was thankful. The look in his eyes was anything but comforting, however, and she was certain he knew exactly why her heart was beating so quickly and why her legs felt weak and loose in the joints.

They were barely through the gangway when one of the carpenters approached and Davey Dunn was called away to solve a problem with the rudder. Courtney descended to the captain's cabin on her own, relieved to be free of Dunn's unblinking stare. Thankfully the cabin, when she entered, already had the galley windows covered for the night. A single four-pronged candlestick was flickering on the dining table, mellowing the light enough to further conceal any lingering redness on her skin.

Garrett Shaw stood at the far side of the room. He looked even more elegant than he had the previous evening. He was wearing a black velvet cutaway coat, black breeches, and a striped maroon and white brocade waistcoat. His hair was loose and shiny, and fell in thick, shaggy waves over his collar. He looked as if he should be hosting a night at the opera, not dinner on the lower deck of a captured warship.

He had his back to the door when she entered, pouring wine into a goblet.

“I hope I have not kept you waiting long,” she said.

“Another ten minutes,” he retorted crossly, “And I would have come looking for you."

He turned, and the blue-black eyes found her in the shadows. To his credit he did not sputter into the goblet when he saw her standing there, but that was only because he had not yet taken a mouthful. Courtney recognized the same look of astonishment in his eyes as had been in Ballantine’s, and she experienced a fleeting, fervent wish that she had never ventured near the damned sea chest.

“I see I am not the only late arrival,” she said casually, glancing around the empty room. “But then one can always rely on Miranda to make a grand entrance.” She stared directly into Garrett’s eyes and smiled. “Are you not going to offer me some wine?”

Shaw averted his eyes grudgingly, but only for as long as it took to splash some wine into another goblet. When he looked up again the fingers of light from the candles beckoned his gaze to the creamy curve of her neck, luring it along her bared shoulders, over the gentle, soft swell of her breasts.

He slowly crossed the room, and with the charm and flourish of a cavalier, bowed low and took her hand in his, pressing his lips to the back of her cool fingers.

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