The Stormswept Stowaway by Ellie St. Clair

Author:Ellie St. Clair
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2020-03-27T16:00:00+00:00

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Penelope’s entire world had just shifted on its axis.

She stole a glance at the man who was now donning fresh clothing. Never had she seen such brilliant muscles. They stretched and pulled, so strong and sinewy, glinting in the light that filtered in through the window.

She had acted completely on instinct. As much as she had fumbled her escape from the enemy pirates, she had been propelled by the exhilaration of it. She could have been killed multiple times throughout the attack, but she had escaped death once more.

And then when Ramsay had stood there before her, so virile, so incredibly enticing, she had decided that she was going to live, damnit, no matter the consequences.

Although now that she was no longer in a desire-filled haze, those consequences began to filter through her mind.

She had given herself to a pirate captain. A man who would bring her nothing but trouble. Who had trapped her in this cabin for days. Who intended to do so for weeks more. Who had no qualms in killing men for an offense no greater than serving the wrong master.

She had fallen for her captor like an idiot.

“Is the ship damaged?” she asked, needing to fill the air, which currently held nothing more than the sounds of the whisk of his clothes, the clattering of his sword — the man seemed to have no shortage of weapons — as he laid it upon the table.

“It will be, some, though the men are likely already repairing it. I should be out there, assessing what needs to be done.”

He said it as though it was her fault that he remained in the cabin.

“It was your choice to be here with me,” she said, responding to the need to defend herself as she pulled the blanket tightly around her, shielding herself from his view.

She had never thought she would have allowed herself to be so exposed to a man, but the way he had looked at her evoked in her a sense of freedom.

“I know,” he said roughly, finally turning to look at her. Although he was now fully dressed and despite how annoyed she was with him that he wasn’t treating her with all of the soft words and comfort she knew she deserved, she couldn’t help the longing to want to see him without his clothing once more.

She was wanton. She couldn’t help herself.

“This shouldn’t have happened,” he said gruffly, staring at her, and she slowly nodded in return.

“No, it certainly should not have.”

She tilted her head as she looked at him. “But perhaps we could do it again?”

He laughed then. Not so much a laugh of hilarity, but one in which he was resigning himself to what they both knew was inevitable. For like it or not, they would be sharing the cabin for the remainder of the voyage across the sea.

“I suppose if nothing else, I shall enjoy sleeping in my bed again,” he said, but before she could offer a cry of indigence, he was out the door and deaf to her protests.

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