Windswept by Cynthia Thomason

Author:Cynthia Thomason [Cynthia Thomason]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-05-07T14:00:00+00:00

Nora had already decided there would be no point in lying to him, partly because no lie would be convincing enough to satisfy the skeptical nature of Jacob Proctor anyway. It wasn’t as if she hadn’t spent the last two hours trying to think of a good one. It’s just that a truly clever fabrication didn’t exist for this situation.

She had no choice but to admit to her traitorous spying the day before. But confession would not be easy since he stood so rigidly in front of her. With his arms crossed tightly over his chest and his feet spread wide, he reminded her of a powerful genie bent on granting only one wish…his own. And that wish would be to have her crumble into dust before his eyes and blow out to sea on the next stiff wind.

And to think that four nights before he had held her in his arms and kissed her with greater passion than she had ever known existed. What kind of flesh and blood man was he to kiss her like that and then days later complain so vehemently when she appeared in his life again? What kind of man wishes to distance himself from the same woman he caressed with such tender longing?

He was the captain of this ship, that’s who he was. Here his word was law. She tried to ignore the ripple of fear that ribboned down her spine. She would face him with courage and accept her fate. In fact, Nora doubted that there was anything more Jacob Proctor could do to hurt or surprise her than he’d already done.

She locked her gaze with his and stuck out her chin. “I came on board the Dover Cloud to find incriminating evidence that would tie you to the wreck of the Marguerite Gray.”

His reaction was only a slight raising of one eyebrow. “I see. And was your father too busy to get a court order to search the hold himself?”

“He was getting one when I took it upon myself to search first. I was afraid he wouldn’t get back in time and the evidence would sail out to sea.”

“And did you find any of this evidence?”

She squared her shoulders to try and cover the warm flush of guilt that had come to her cheeks. “No.”

“That’s a shame. I might have enjoyed seeing you run to His Honor with your delicate hands waving rotting fish.”

“Obviously my father thought there was something else, something of value hidden on your ship.”

“And it turns out he was right, wasn’t he? It’s a pity the judge didn’t get back before the Dover Cloud sailed. What he would have found in her hold would have been the most incriminating evidence of all and definitely something of great value, for he would have discovered his own daughter. Which brings me to my next concern…”

Jacob paced along a short path and back again. “If your father didn’t know you were coming on board the Dover Cloud, then he must have absolutely no idea where you are.

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