Steam Powered Passion by Corinne Davies

Author:Corinne Davies [Davies, Corinne]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: SteamPunk, Fiction, Romance, Historical, Adult, Erotica
ISBN: 9781610340151
Publisher: Siren Publishing
Published: 2011-01-10T13:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Mal knew Tori entered the room long before she ever made a sound. It was the foreign scent of a woman he felt attracted to that caught his attention. The last woman he’d loved had torn his heart from his throat, and given the opportunity, he wasn’t entirely certain that Tori wouldn’t do the same thing. Falling in love with her would be easy. The fact that she still remained as headstrong after living with a man like Trenton impressed him. Cory shared what Tori said to her after she left them last night. By her own admission, the idiot packed her away to one of his estates shortly after marrying her, which meant she hadn’t been subjected to his direct tyranny for too long. Trenton could have broken her, of that he had no doubt, for under all that quick temper, she had a soft heart and innocence that he found irresistible. Her fiery temper, opposite to her normal icy temperament, seemed like a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

“Is there something I can help you with, Tori?” He didn’t turn around or look up from the charts he studied. At the last port, he’d heard some disturbing rumors about the New World plans against privateers. For the time being, he felt the best idea was to avoid them. Especially since he carried the daughter of their front man on his ship.

“I came to apologize for my show of temper after our dinner last night.”

With his back to her, Mal indulged in a smile. “Answer me one question truthfully and you will have my immediate acceptance. Is your apology sincere?”

“Um, well, no...”

Her honesty meant more to him than she would ever know. “Then I accept your apology. Don’t worry about showing your temper around me, Tori. I’m a big boy. I can handle it.”

He heard her steps move around the room and risked a quick glance up. She appeared fascinated with some of the artifacts that he stored in the cabinet on the wall. They didn’t hold any true value except to him.

“You collect rocks?”

“No.” Even he could hear the harshness to his response. It wasn’t deserved. She’d only asked a question.

She turned and gave him a quizzical look. “You don’t like answering questions about yourself do you, Malcolm.”

“That’s Captain, and no. Not particularly.”

“You told me to call you Mal.”

“I did. If you don’t want to use it, then Captain is your only other option.”

“Why?”

“Why what?”

“Why don’t you like to answer questions about yourself?”

“Are you making a point, Viktorya?”

“That’s Mrs. Trenton to you, Captain. And yes. I’m wondering why you keep a wall around yourself.”

She took a particularly large rock off the shelf and turned it over in her hands. Rolling it around in her fingers, the light coming in caught the tiny crystal caught in the hard surface, making it glitter like freshly fallen snow.

“Oh, that’s beautiful. Is that why you have it? You collect beautiful things, is that all you see?”

Mal ground his back teeth together. This wasn’t

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