Alphas of Black Fortune (Complete Boxed Set) by Scarlett Rhone

Author:Scarlett Rhone [Rhone, Scarlett]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Enamored Ink
Published: 2015-06-19T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

The river was so welcomed a sight that Cressida nearly tore off all her clothes right there and jumped in. She started towards it, but Fat Tom grabbed her gently with his giant bear teeth on the back of her leg and tugged her back. She jumped, turning about to look down at him.

“Tom, stop!” She wiggled her leg. “Let go!”

“He doesn’t trust the water,” Cort said grimly, stepping closer to the riverbank. “He doesn’t trust anything on the island.”

“Tom,” Kelly chided, as he arrived beside him.

The big grizzly bear reluctantly let go of Cressida’s leg. She shook it out, but he had been careful enough with his teeth that there weren’t even marks on her trouser leg. She turned toward Cort and the bank.

“Reza said this river is their people’s source of fresh water,” she argued. “It can’t be poisoned or anything. They’d all be dead.”

“Unless it’s a poison natural to the island,” Cort muttered, shrugging. “Maybe something they’re immune to.”

Cressida stared at the water as it bustled over stones and rocks. It was so clear and clean looking that she could see to the riverbed, silt and crabs and small fish darting here and there. She was as thirsty as she’d ever been and had sweat through all her clothes. She wanted to dunk her head in the river, desperately.

“Well, there’s only one way to find out,” she determined, looking around at them. Fat Tom whined a little but with no further ado, she pushed past Cort and Kelly and sank into a crouch on the riverbank, reaching down to scoop some water up and lift it to her lips.

It was cool, and crisp, and exactly what she’d been hoping for. She drank what was cupped in her palm and then shook out her hand, turning to smile at the lads.

“It’s safe,” she told them. “And delicious.”

The pirates waited a moment, just to see if she end up a twitching, foaming mess and die, she figured, before they all came dashing to the riverbank as well. Fat Tom went plowing right into the water, splashing about in his bear skin. Cort pulled off his shirt and his boots, a little more modest about it all, and waded in as far as his knees. Cressida sat down on the bank and tugged off her boots, rolled up her trousers and dipped her feet, watching with no small amount of appreciation as Kelly peeled his sweat-soaked shirt up and over his head, revealing a broad expanse of rippling muscle and glistening skin.

As though he knew what she was thinking, he glanced at her and shot her a dirty little grin. It was such a relief to see him grin again, after everything, and she felt her heart throb a little in her chest. Their lives were such that just the splash of cool, clean water could be enough to renew their strength and courage and determination. While Cort and Fat Tom roamed about the riverbank, getting cool and washing,

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