The Pleasure of His Bed. Donna Grant
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Название: The Pleasure of His Bed
Автор: Donna Grant
Издательство: Ingram
Жанр: Эротическая литература
isbn: 9780758235992
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Comstock lifted a shoulder in a disapproving shrug. Thunk…ka-thunk. He hobbled to the foot of the bed to slip the point of his knife into the keyhole of the leg iron. “Heard her voice on the deck, so’s I stepped out to see what was keepin’ ’er—and it was Quentin. Gettin’ real…friendly with her, he was.”
“How do you mean, friendly?” Damon rolled into sitting position, rubbing his sore wrist. “Where the hell were the men? Don’t they feel how the wind’s shifted? If a storm’s blowing in and—”
Another cryptic shrug. A raised eyebrow furrowed Jonas’s old forehead. “Sounded like some sort o’ proposition he was makin’ her—”
“That bastard!” Delacroix hopped from the bed and searched for his pants, which Sophia had apparently hidden under his bed as another part of her joke.
“And from the look on her face, she weren’t turnin’ him down, neither. The woman’s no good, I tell ya. New Providence ain’t but a day or two away, and she needs to be offa this ship, sir,” he insisted. “If ya don’t mind me sayin’ so.”
Oh, he minded, but the cook would criticize him anyway. Damon yanked the bandanna from his head and stepped into his pants. “Get back to the deck, Jonas. But not a word about how you found me—or turned me loose. Understand?”
“Aye, sir.”
“Roust the men back to their posts—including Mr. Thomas,” he added pointedly. “I’ll make my appearance after I’ve assessed the situation.”
As Damon watched the cook adjust to the marked rolling of the ship, his thoughts swirled like the upcoming storm. What should he believe—and whom? Comstock gloried in reporting doom and gloom—and dirt. Worse than a gossipy old crone, Jonas was, when it came to tattling.
Damon glanced at the foggy shaving mirror, running a finger lightly over the line of his stitches. If Quentin Thomas had taken liberties with Sofia, the quartermaster would suffer more bodily harm than a needle could mend.
Damon clenched his fists. It required the vote of the entire crew to depose the Courtesan’s second-in-command—and in the same way, the men could remove the captain from the helm of this ship. Several of them had helped Damon claim it as a prize from the Royal Navy’s fleet during a skirmish last year, and their pride and proprietorship had kept them all loyal to each other.
But by God, if he got ousted when they arrived at New Providence, Sofia Martine would be at his side.
Wouldn’t she?
He finished dressing and proceeded upstairs cautiously. Time to find out which way the wind was blowing—on the open sea and among his companions, as well.
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