The Captain's Revenge by Nadine Millard

Author:Nadine Millard [Millard, Nadine]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Blue Tulip Publishing
Published: 2016-12-14T16:00:00+00:00

ANNA PACED THE small cabin until she thought she might wear a hole through the rug.

Lucas had left her ages ago, and for the first few moments after he’d quietly shut the door behind him, she’d merely stood rooted to the spot, staring at nothing.

She would be sharing his bed.

Good Lord. She would be sharing his bed.

Anna didn’t know quite how to feel about that.

Nervous, of course. Terrified, actually.

And should anyone ever find out well, her reputation would never recover.

And yet…

If she were being entirely honest with herself, the idea excited her more than it should.

The idea of months and months of quiet, peaceful nights being pressed tightly against his large, muscled body was enough to have her legs almost buckling.

She had finally moved herself to peel the stable hand’s clothes from her body and risked a quick wash, hoping fervently that Lucas wouldn’t choose that moment to return.

The water was tepid now, but it was still refreshing, and she enjoyed being able to feel clean.

Rummaging through her small, hastily-packed bag, she found her simple, cotton night-rail and tried to shake the creases out as best she could.

It was useless, of course.

She threw the garment over her head then smoothed it down before reaching into the bag for a comb to try and tame her hair, which was, no doubt, completely wild and unruly by now.

She wished, not for the first time, that she’d attempted to convince a maid to run away with her. She certainly wouldn’t be spending the next few months looking well put together.

That idea shouldn’t bother her, but it did.

Now, she paced the room alone, wondering if Lucas was going to come back, since he’d been gone an age.

Feeling both restless and bone-weary, Anna made her way to the bench beneath the portholes. Kneeling on the soft cushion, she peered out into the darkness.

The porthole wasn’t big, and she couldn’t see much more than the moonlight reflected on the inky surface of the water.

The ship swayed gently in the breeze, and the water lapped against the edge of the boat, the sound rhythmic and soothing, and Anna felt her eyelids droop.

It had been a long, trying, and emotionally exhausting day, and her limbs began to feel heavy, her mind fuzzy with fatigue.

Perhaps she would lay her head down on the bench, just until Lucas returned. Because they needed to straighten out this sleeping situation.

He might think she was being ridiculously pious about sleeping beside him. Little did he know that she knew there was no way her heart would survive the intimacy of being so close to him, yet so far apart from what they’d once been.

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