Hidden Away (The Swept Away Saga, Book Three) by Kamery Solomon

Author:Kamery Solomon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: pirate, historical romance, time travel romance, pirate romance, timeslip, time travel adventure, historical time travel, treasure hunt romance, pirate time travel
Publisher: Kamery Solomon

Scooting from the box without any further prompting, I stood and stretched, wincing slightly at the brightness of the flame in the glass case Dagger held aloft, lighting the area. Abella followed after, stretching as well, and then fell still, watching the men around us with some uncertainty. Besides the Quartermaster, three other men had come to help capture the intruders. The dogs—big, hairy, gray, and somewhat ugly—danced around their feet, sniffing everywhere, begging to be shown more attention.

“That’s enough,” Dagger said to them, holding out his hand. In an instant, the two hounds sat, paying strict attention. Without even glancing at them, he grinned at Abella and I, inclining his head. “Madame, Mademoiselle.” Motioning for us to go ahead, he stepped aside, clearing the small pathway to the hatch on the other side of the room.

Smiling tightly, I nodded, going in the direction he indicated. It was somewhat surprising that they hadn’t clapped us in irons. One of the men who’d accompanied him had been carrying the handcuffs, alerting me to the fact that they’d intended to arrest whomever they found. Why hadn’t they done it to us?

As we moved through the hold and to the next deck, the reason became increasingly clear. We were Ladies. I’d been a guest of the King at Versailles and was technically married to a prince, even if Tristan had no lands and his family hadn’t reigned in Ireland for a few generations now. Dagger was choosing to treat us as he would if he’d encountered us on the street. Everything he said was increasingly polite and diplomatic. He even asked after our general health and well-being.

Staring pointedly at the main brig as we came up from of the hold, I stopped, forcing him to pause behind me. The jail covered the entire deck, stretching across the ship menacingly. Unlit lamps hung from beams every few feet, waiting for the time they would need to be used. These cells were mostly the same as the secondary brig in the hold, but they made me more nervous, for some reason. In the dark, you could pretend that you weren’t a prisoner. Here, with lamplight to show a different story, you always knew where you stood. “Will Captain MacDonald put us in there?” I asked Dagger, not looking to see his reaction.

“It’s not my place to say what the captain will and won’t do,” he replied.

“Would you, if you were captain?” I turned and folded my arms.

His nose twitched, as if I’d amused him and he blinked, staring me down. “I’m not the captain. Shall we continue?” He motioned to the next set of stairs, and continued to watch, as if he expected me to bolt.

Abella, sliding her hand into mine, leading the way this time, mounted the steps with her head held high, despite the shaking of her fingers. The gun deck came into view, the long cannons tied and waiting for the moment they would be needed. Not hesitating, Abella continued onward. As

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.