Breaking the Rake's Rules by Bronwyn Scott

Author:Bronwyn Scott
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-05-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

‘What do you want to do?’ Kitt leaned on the rail beside her, the morning breeze in his hair as he looked out over the water. There was a grimness to his features she’d not seen before, yet one more side of this multi-faceted man. It was a deeper side, too, than the mischievous charmer he so readily displayed to the public. The ladies who vacillated between being charmed by his manners and dismayed by his boldness would hardly recognise the man beside her on the rail.

‘You can’t turn back now,’ Bryn answered slowly. She’d been weighing her options ever since he’d called her up on deck to show her the blue expanse where the island should have been. He would turn back though, for her sake. She’d not bargained on six days away from home and all it entailed. They both knew it.

Kitt shrugged. ‘We can. We can tell your father the island isn’t there.’

Bryn shook her head. She would not fail her father. ‘All that proves is Selby gave me the wrong co-ordinates. It doesn’t mean the island isn’t out there. You said so yourself. You think the co-ordinates direct us to a different island further out.’

‘I think there are other considerations besides Selby’s intelligence,’ Kitt said sternly. He would protect her from herself if nothing else. ‘Last night should have proven to you there is more at work than simply hunting down an island.’

Bryn turned so that her back was against the rail. She could look him directly in the face from this position. Her suspicions were growing. ‘You’re trying very hard to get rid of me. You want me off this ship so badly you’re willing to sacrifice a day’s worth of travel.’ She paused, studying his features. ‘What did last night prove to you?’

‘To be honest? It proved to me I can’t protect you, not from me, not from what might be out there.’ Kitt gave a sweep of his hand to indicate the ocean. ‘Who knows what we might find at the island?’

And who knew how far they’d go the next time passion swept them away? But they did know. The next time there would be no holding back. He’d already warned her and she’d already decided what she wanted. ‘I can take care of myself, Kitt. Nothing will happen that I don’t want to happen.’

His eyes told a different story. She had to remember he liked being in control, too. It wasn’t only up to her. But that wasn’t entirely it. The passion wasn’t the whole story. He wasn’t solely concerned about what lay between them. ‘You don’t think Selby mixed up the co-ordinates, do you?’ she supposed quietly, having to shield her face from the sun with her hand as she looked up at him.

‘No. I think there’s someone out there running their version of the Poyais swindle.’ Because he’d been there in some form or other. He was reliving his past through this. She could see that more clearly this morning than she’d seen it last night.

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