Mardon (Pirate Lords Series Book 2) by Elizabeth Rose

Author:Elizabeth Rose [Rose, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: RoseScribe Media Inc.
Published: 2020-12-03T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

“Good morning, my love.”

Emmaline opened her eyes to see Mardon standing over her, fully dressed and with a goblet in his hand. His other hand was behind his back.

“Mardon,” she said, yawning and stretching, feeling so satisfied from their coupling last night. “You’re up already?”

“I’ve been up since before dawn,” he told her, handing her the goblet. “Have some wine.”

“Thank you,” she said, taking the goblet, holding the blanket up to her chest to hide her nudity from him.

“You don’t need to do that,” he said, his eyes flashing over to the blanket. “We’ve already seen each other naked,” he reminded her.

“Oh, yes. We have.” She felt the blush staining her cheeks and took another sip of wine.

“For you, my lady.” He pulled a flower from behind his back and handed it to her.

“A flower?” She took the stem between two fingers and took a sniff. “How lovely. But where did you get a flower out at sea?”

“We’re not out at sea,” he told her.

“What?” she asked, feeling confused.

“We docked over two hours ago. We’re in Canterbury.”

“We are?” Panicked, she jumped up, almost spilling the wine. He took it from her and she twirled the flower in her fingers. “Why didn’t you wake me? How come no one told me?”

“It’s all right,” he said in a calming voice. “The crew is a little anxious to get to the treasure, but I told them they needed to wait until you awoke.”

“Oh, Mardon.” She rushed around, donning her nun’s clothes, dressing quickly. “I am so embarrassed.”

“Whatever for?”

“I’m sure after last night, everyone knows what we’ve done.”

“So what?”

“So, they all think I’m a nun! That can’t fare well for you, either.”

“No one thinks anything at all about anything, so stop worrying.” He escorted her out the door. As soon as she took a step on to the deck, she stopped. Every single one of the crewmembers were just standing there staring at them.

“All right, we’re ready to go,” announced Mardon. “Aaron, you’ll come with me and Emmaline. I mean, Sister Emmaline. The rest of you wait here until we return with the treasure.”

No one said a word.

“Mardon?” she whispered. “Why are they so quiet?”

“They’re just still in shock,” said Aaron, walking over with bare feet as usual.

“Shock?” She started getting worried. “About what?”

“It’s not every day that a pirate captain beds a nun.”

“Oh, no!” she said, biting her lip and looking over to Mardon. “Mayhap we should tell them.”

“Nay,” he growled. “It wouldn’t be safe for you.”

“What difference does it make?” asked Aaron, sounding upset that, once again, he wasn’t allowed in the cabin to sleep. “After all, you bedded a nun so now they’ll all think they can do it, too.”

“Will they?” She looked up at Mardon, afraid they’d made a mistake by spending the night together.

“Nay. Of course not. Now, let’s go. We’ve got a treasure to get to before Nereus.” He started to pull her by the arm.

“Och, my head aches,” came Nairnie’s voice as she emerged from the galley.

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