To Ravish A Rogue: Dangerous Tides Series by C.M. Nascosta

Author:C.M. Nascosta [Nascosta, C.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bonkers Romance LLC
Published: 2023-10-23T16:00:00+00:00

At least, until the morning he left. He’d given her no hint at what his plan was, had only whispered against her temple that she was to stay in the cabin until he returned, and that Stride would see to it that she was fed.

“What do you mean he’s gone?”

The gargoyle never lifted his head, ignoring her as if she’d not spoken at all, continuing his task at the helm as placidly as if he were on the ship alone. He would have been handsome if his face weren’t permanently screwed up in a scowl, but as it was, Mr. Stride was the most odiously disagreeable man she’d ever been forced to deal with.

“He’s undertaken a mission,” he said finally, “and I thought you’d been told to stay in quarters?”

“But why has he—”

“I don’t have the time to play childminder to you, miss,” Stride snapped. “We’re nearly at our jump point, and I’ve enough on my plate with the ship and crew and now this blasted weather.”

“That’s rich,” she snapped, matching his scowl. “I didn’t realize you’d been playing childminder all these weeks, ordering me to scrub the deck and sending me down to the kitchen. Was it childminding when you made me take a full shift in the nest? Don’t forget, I was the one who spotted the ship. It wasn’t anyone else on this floating tea trunk, Mister Stride. Me.”

By the time she’d stomped back to the captain’s quarters, Charlotte decided she was being foolish, as foolish as her sister. And if it weren’t for her foolishness, you wouldn’t be in this position in the first place. She needed to remember her reason for being on the pirate ship. With or without Lirian, they would be arriving in Atlantis soon. It was time to start planning.

There was a great ship race that took place in the port every year. Ship captains came from all over the sea realm and beyond, all hoping to make their fortune and earn their fame by winning the race. Lirian—the Captain, she corrected herself—had mentioned they would be in port in time for the race, to unload their cargo. Atlantis would be packed with visitors from every realm, both sky and sea and every portal in between, but it was not the race she was interested in. After the race came the auction. Charlotte ensured the cabin door was locked before pulling out her bedroll. Within the tightly bound bundle of clothing were several pieces of parchment, rolled snugly within each other. She smoothed out the notice for the auction before anchoring it with the same weights Lirian used for his charts, biting her lip in anticipation of what she would need to do.

Annual Sex Auction, All Beings Invited.

It wasn’t her only option, of course, but it was the most prurient, so Charlotte assumed it would be the most likely to succeed. She didn’t have the money for a spell scroll to purchase passage through to Messinas, and even if she managed to acquire the necessary spell, she didn’t have a ship to navigate her way to the shore.

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