Devil May Care by Amelia Wilde

Author:Amelia Wilde [Wilde, Amelia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-06-14T18:30:00+00:00

14

Ashley

This is not the first time Poseidon has sent me below decks while there’s trouble, and it could not be more different now.

I’m in his quarters. Brand-new, shining wood paneling everywhere. It’s like the Trident but not the Trident. This space hasn’t been lived in, and it’s weird. I thought being in the cliffside mansion with him was strange, but being in his room alone when it’s not really his yet...

I don’t love it. I want him to be here, with all his things, with his life still intact. An impossible wish, unless we can somehow build a new life together while we’re under attack.

Buddy curls up next to the bedframe. It’s the full frame now, with storage drawers underneath and all the steel covered in dark, warm wood, but there’s nowhere for him to hide underneath. He whines pitifully, his tail tucked in. My anxiety is seeping into the room. It’s hard not to be anxious when there are running footsteps everywhere around us. Poseidon didn’t have the full crew on the island. That means everyone here is doing extra work, extra jobs, and they don’t have time to walk casually.

My gut tightens. They could be following us from the island. And even if that man with his tattoo is not following us specifically, there’s more danger out on the open ocean.

The government is after us. The United States government. It was easier not to think about it in the cliffside mansion, where everything seemed far away except the crushing grief and the pieces of the past that showed up on my doorstep.

My gasp scares Buddy so much that he runs over to me, barking, and pushes against my legs. The box. The safe-deposit box. I don’t have it. Nicholas emailed me the photos and the coded file from the USB drive, but the jewelry—

I don’t care about the jewelry. It’s the letter I want. It’s the only piece of my mother’s handwriting I have left.

With tears balling up in my throat so hard the muscles ache, I rub between Buddy’s ears until he settles down. This is bad. This is all very bad. A jagged fear saws out of me with every breath. Poseidon has always been strong. Invincible. Losing the Trident hurt him, but he won against the Navy and bought us some time. But now he’s truly on the run. People he hired to help him rebuild his ship—people he hired when he’s never been more vulnerable—betrayed him. Sold him out.

And I don’t have my mother’s letter.

I’m supposed to stay in his quarters. I snap back the curtains covering the big windows and see nothing but empty ocean. There are no visible enemy ships. No sounds of battle. No guns, no explosives. Just pounding footsteps. It’s the sound of a busy ship.

I abandon the window and go out into the hall. Buddy seems happier out here, more confident. He likes it better when we have somewhere to go.

Up. Poseidon will be up on deck. I usually found him there on the Trident.

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