The Knight 7 - His Wicked Kiss by Gaelen Foley

Author:Gaelen Foley
Language: ron
Format: mobi
Published: 2010-02-13T16:33:10+00:00

Belowdecks, deep in the lubbers’ hold, Eden wasn’t faring much better. Martin was violently seasick, Peter Stockwell, moved there from the sickbay, lay moaning in his cot, Rudy the dog was barking nonstop in his cage, while the Nipper complained continually.

“I can’t take it anymore in here! It smells like puke!”

“Phineas, you are forbidden to leave here and that is final.”

“Why can’t I go see Cap’n?”

She had lost patience after the twentieth repeat of the question. “Because I said so.”

“I ain’t gotta listen to you!”

“Oh, yes, you do. Lord Jack put me in charge of you. You can take the matter up with him after the storm if you like. For now, you are absolutely staying here with me. Why don’t you make yourself useful by calming Rudy down? If anyone can get him to be quiet, you can. Will you try?”

“Fine!” He snorted and scowled at her, but bent down with a sulky look and began talking softly to the bull-terrier, poking his fingers through the mesh cage in an effort to pet the dog.

She realized the Nipper’s insistence on seeing Jack was simply due to the fact that he was scared—they all were—and being near Jack made the child feel safe. But right now Jack had a job to do, and all of their lives depended on him.

She turned away, satisfied that she had distracted her charge for the moment, and gave poor Martin a washrag soaked in diluted vinegar for the mal de mer. She winced as he retched again, but there was nothing left in him to throw up.

As he sat back against the bulkhead, she molded the vinegar-soaked cloth across his green-toned forehead. “You poor thing. Hang on, dear. It can’t last forever.”

Peter Stockwell groaned and she went to check on him next.

Because her back was turned for that brief moment, she did not see Phineas wedge Rudy’s cage open a few narrow inches. The boy reached one small hand in to pet the dog, determined to calm him, but just as Eden turned around, Rudy shot past the Nipper and ran straight for the door, which Eden had propped open with a chair because of the poor ventilation.

She gasped as the dog flashed out in a streak of white with Phineas right behind him.

“Rudy, come back here!” the boy shouted, chasing the animal.

“Phinney!” She flew to the doorway.

He was gone.

“Oh, I’ll wring his neck,” she breathed, then rushed down the dark passageway after the boy.

She berated herself with every step, awash in guilt and rising panic. Where had they gone? It was so dark belowdecks.

The companionway ahead of her pitched to and fro, spilling Eden into one wall and then the other as she hurried down the narrow passage on a zigzag path. The lanterns above rocked from side to side, and any of the furniture that wasn’t fastened down traveled back and forth across the planks.

She winced at the motion, her stomach protesting. She had to hold on tightly to the bannister of the gangway as she climbed up to the next deck.

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