Convict Blood by Vivian Ward

Author:Vivian Ward [Ward, Vivian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Always Booked Publishing
Published: 2020-01-27T16:00:00+00:00

As good as it felt to talk to Victoria about my past, I haven’t been able to get a wink of sleep. For the last few hours, I’ve listened to Victoria and Lizzy as they both wheeze and cough. They sound awful.

There’s no way that I can send the two of them back down with the other prisoners. I don’t think they’d be able to survive, but I also can’t keep them locked in my room for too long. Surely, someone will notice and I’m sure they’ll question where they are whether it be other convicts or that damn Digby, especially when it comes time for laundry duty.

He’s got to go, but that will have to wait until after I break into the doctor’s office so I can take the medicines Victoria and Lizzy will need. All I’ve thought about since they fell asleep is how I can stage it to look like a convict did it. I’ve never been one to steal but I’d do anything for her and that baby.

I’ve never met anyone as kind and compassionate as Victoria. Even while she’s been locked in captivity, with both her and her baby sick, she was interested in hearing my story and cared about what happened. She wanted to know. She listened, but she could’ve just as easily not given a care in the world.

That’s what makes her so different from other women. She never puts herself first—and the one time she did, she landed herself in jail over it. For simply trying to feed her family. This world’s fucked up. We imprison those who are too poor to feed themselves, we refuse medicine to the sick unless they’re strong enough to survive, and we forbid certain relationships because of our social statuses.

Not that I’m looking for a relationship. I made a vow to myself that I’d never love another woman as long as I live when my wife put me through all the torment, lies, and humiliation.

Had I never met that wench and if I were looking for a good girl—the right girl—Victoria would surely be the one. She’s perfect in every way. Gorgeous, thoughtful, hard-working, brave, and bold.

Just before dawn, I quietly sneak out of my room, careful not to wake Victoria or Lizzy. I have to break into the doc’s office to get those meds before all of the crew and inmates are up, working on deck. Right now, I still have the cloak of night to cover me and the fact that most are sleeping at this hour—even if they are supposed to be on watch.

The freezing deck is icy from tiny droplets of water landing on it during our overnight voyage and the biting cold wind cuts straight to the bone, but I stay on task, focusing on my mission.

Sliding down parts of the narrow passageway as I hold onto the railing to keep me upright, I stop just before turning the corner to the doc’s office. It’s close to the Captain’s cabin, who will no doubt be awake as he navigates us through patches of icebergs.

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