Searching in the Pages (Pirates Trilogy #2) by Tropea Ashley

Author:Tropea, Ashley [Tropea, Ashley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-12-04T00:00:00+00:00

I watched Robert as he turned back to the sea, that usual warmth and kindness still emitting from him, the moon illuminating the scar on his face.

I shook my head. I must’ve misheard him or…or I was paranoid. Mom was making me paranoid.

“They’re back,” Nathaniel called—mercifully distracting me from the eeriness that had suddenly permeated the deck—and we all turned to see Lydia, William, Catherine, and the other pirates coming toward us.

“Lizzie?”

I glanced at Mom, seeing the hopeful look in her brown eyes. I bit my lip before saying, “It isn’t him, Mom. It isn’t.”

She turned back to Robert, nodding jerkily. “I guess I should ask him to leave the ship.”

There was still anger and pain where my mother was concerned, but watching her face at that moment, looking so small, so fragile, I found myself saying, “I suppose he would be of more use to us here than in his shack of a house.”

She turned to me with wide eyes.

“Plus, your patient is on this ship. It only makes sense for the two of you to be here. In case Stone needs you, of course.”

She smiled and a tear fell down her cheek. “Thank you.”

I nodded and averted my eyes, suddenly uncomfortable.

Stone had risen from his seat by the fire, his voice hard but his eyes worried. “What took you all so long?”

“Missed me already, did you?” Lydia teased, grinning at him. “Surely the great and horrible Stone could manage one evening without me.”

“You underestimate the power of your beauty, love,” he responded. “I could hardly find the strength to breathe without the motivation of your presence.”

“He isn’t joking,” Nathaniel said, which earned him a metal cup thrown at his head. He just barely dodged it with a laugh.

“Before my dinner decides to make an encore appearance,” I said, returning to my seat by the fire, “would you tell us what happened?”

“Her Ladyship wasn’t satisfied with simply buying supplies,” Catherine said as she plopped down beside Nathaniel, a full knapsack clanging down beside her.

“What were you doing?” I asked.

“What I do best,” Lydia said. She grinned, some of her mischief finally returning to her blue eyes. “Gossip.”

My brows furrowed. “Gossip?”

“Not to brag, but I have often been referred to as the biggest gossip in England.” She settled by the fire, and Stone sat close by.

“Oh, would you tell them what you heard, already?” Catherine said, taking Nathaniel’s cup from his hand and downing its contents.

“Perhaps you ought to get the captain for this,” Lydia said, eyeing me. “I know where James is.”

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