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“So there was something under the water?” Captain Vex asked.

“Yeah,” Will nodded, as he bolted down the last of the spotlight-lanterns on the railing next to the ship’s wheel. The other three hadn’t survived the fight on the prow. Captain Vex wasn’t thrilled about that, those lanterns were expensive.

Will’s hands hurt badly, but he still had a bit more to do before he could let the doctor look him over. Besides, there were a lot of crew worse off than he was. “I started to figure it out when the other ship started moving strangely the first time. Remember?”

“Aye. It seemed like it was pinned in the reef, and we were stuck on the ship, but it jerked back. Ships dinnae do that,” Captain Vex nodded, then tilted her head in thought. “Unless something is pulling on them,” she added a moment later, figuring out where Will’s conclusion had come from.

“Exactly,” Will nodded.

Understanding slowly dawned on the Captain’s face. “It would have tae be huge.”

“The only time I’ve seen a ship move like that before was a whaling vessel,” Will agreed

“So ye were thinking a whale was using a broken ship as a hand puppet? Why would it do that?” Belita asked, shaking her head.

“Well, something as big as whale at any rate. I think it uses the broken ship for the same reason the grindylow call for help. To get our attention,” Will shrugged.

“Crafty bunch’a freaky evil bastards.” Belita sounded horrified and impressed. “I’m right proper pissed at what they did tae my ship.”

“We should be glad we got away,’ Will said. “There’s not much known about Grindylows. I think most people who run into them aren’t as lucky as we were.”

“Guess there is that,” Belita agreed. “Luck was on our side tonight. We’re still floating after a reef, a storm, sea monsters, and bombs.”

“How many did we lose?” Will asked.

“Twelve so far,” Belita said sadly. “Might be another two before the night is through.”

Will felt like the air had been pulled from his lungs. “That many?”

“And another two dozen wounded. Five probably crippled for life. I’ve never lost so many, Will. Those are warship numbers,’ Belita shook her head, looking stricken.

Will didnt know what to say. He put his arm around her shoulder and gave her a squeeze for reassurance. She took off her hat and laid her head on his shoulder for a moment. It wasn’t like her to show that kind of vulnerability, but she was tired and raw, and no one else was watching. Will noticed, and wondered why she was willing to let him see her that way, but knew better than to ask questions. It was more important to just be there for her. Instead of talking he looked through the spyglass again. “Let’s concentrate on finding a spot to make land. That’s the best thing we can do for them right now.”

There was no one left to stitch. Bella had been pinching a suture needle for so long that her hand didn’t want to open. It spasmed as she spread her fingers and shook it out. Surprisingly, her hands and arms were the only parts of her that weren’t smeared with blood. Doctor Kalfou had been absolutely adamant that she wash her hands between each patient. She’d claimed sharing blood caused sickness. Bella had never heard that before, but she wasn’t a doctor.

The Captain’s cabin was horrific. The bed was a bloody ruin. Wounded sailors leaned against every inch of the wall and were laid out on the entire floor save for a narrow path from the door to the bed. The puncture wounds were the most immediate problem, and she was glad that part was over with, but the doctor still had her hands full with all the broken bones. Besides their awful barbed tongues, the Grindylows’ other favorite way to hurt people was to grab them and squeeze. They were frightfully strong. Half of those who hadn’t made it died because their throats had been crushed. Many others had awful bruises where the grindylow’s tentacles had wound around them and just constricted until bones popped. Doctor Kalfou’s current patient was breathing shallowly and frothing blood on his lips. His ribs had been squeezed until they punctured his lung.

Quinn, Reeve and the Norths had just finished carrying the dead out to the midship and laying them in repose. The Kestrel was solemn. Everyone aboard understood that they hadn’t won. They had survived.

“Danica, prepare to make landfall,” the Captain’s muffled voice echoed from the deck above them.

“Alright,” Doctor Kalfou spoke up. “If you can walk under your own power, or with a little help, and aren’t waiting for treatment, I need you to go back to your bunk.”

“It’s flooded,” a crewman said simply. “That’s where the hull cracked.”

Doctor Kalfou’s fatigue and frustration showed on her face, but before she could respond, Mister Reeve’s hulking form darkened the doorway. He’d been leaning against the wall just outside. The cabin’s ceiling was too low for him to be comfortable, and there wasn’t enough room for him anyway. He was covered in drying blood that was beginning to crack on his skin. “You heard the Doc,” he barked. “If you can walk, start walking. Where you go don’t be her problem. Go find the Quartermaster.”

With a chorus of groans and winces, the injured painfully made their way out the door. Those that remained were the ones who couldn’t move on their own: the unconscious, those with severe blood loss or broken legs, and the two amputees.

“Thank you, Mister Reeve,” Doctor Kalfou said with a tired smile. “Forgot you were waiting out there, I.”

Reeve shrugged. “I can wait. Don’t think I’m dying.”

“In that case, need to get cleaned up, you. The captain’s washroom. Go.” Doctor Kalfou said, gesturing to the door near the bed.

Reeve nodded and hunched his way through the room. He had to turn sideways to fit through the narrow doorway, and even then it was a bit of a tight fit.

Doctor Kalfou began stripping the layers of bloody sailcloth off the bed, looking pained when she saw how much blood had soaked through into the bedsheets. “Might not be any saving the mattress,” she sighed.

“Vex has running water?” Reeve laughed from the other room. “Well don’t that be just decadent. Gonna be stealing that for my ship.”

Bella moved to help Friday with the sails and the bedding. “I don’t know what we would have done without you,” she said to the Doctor.

“Had a few more casualties, but managed somehow,” Friday said gently. “Did well, you. Thankful for your help, I.”

“I’m not sure I would have gotten through my panic without you and Jack. I would have just hid in a closet,” Bella laughed sadly.

“There be no shame in fear,” Friday said gently. “It shows us the truth of who we are. If we can accept it, fears can become strength. If we reject it, we reject ourselves. That is the only shame.”

Bella didn’t know what to say so she just shrugged. “I don’t feel very strong right now.”

“Saved lives tonight, you,” Friday said firmly. “If that is not strength, nothing is.”

“There any towels left?” Reeve asked from the other room.

“No, they were used for triage,” Doctor Kalfou answered over her shoulder.

“Well, you ladies are in for a show then.” The big man awkwardly squeezed through he doorway again, concealing his manhood with both hands. Belita opened up her footlocker and pulled out a flowing yellow skirt. She passed it to Reeve with an amused smile. He took it and held it in front of himself, looking a bit less uncomfortable.

Doctor Kalfou began to look Reeve over. He was wounded in at least a dozen places. There were five puckered, angry looking punctures, and even more ragged scratches from claws. There were even a few ugly looking bite wounds.

Doctor Kalfou’s eyes narrowed. “It seems you heal very quickly, Mister Reeve.” Every one of his wounds looked like it was at least a day old, rather than an hour. The shallow claw marks were barely more than scratches. The swollen and inflamed puncture wounds were the worst of them, but they still looked significantly better than the other sailors who had them.

Reeve nodded and tapped his tattoo-covered chest. “My Animus.” He paused and thought for a moment. “My, ah, guardian spirit? Mine likes blood. Makes me heal faster.”

“Well that is ... useful,” Doctor Kalfou said, scanning her eyes over Reeve’s intricate tattoos. The pale patches of vitiligo on Reeve’s face, chest, and stomach made his tattoos very stark in contrast, but honestly Doctor Kalfou thought he looked a little like a patchwork quilt. From a distance he was just an odd collection of strange patterns and two-toned skin. This close to him, she could see how beautiful the ink really was. His body was covered in line after line of careful patterns. Waves. Islands. Shark fins. Overlapping diamonds like scales, or armor. At the center of it all, across his broad chest, was a pattern of triangles that looked very much like a shark’s mouth.

Beneath it all were many pale scars. She knew from her own tattoos that scars could easily mar the art, but on Reeve every scar was beneath the ink. Including the fresh ones that were still forming. She leaned in and looked closer. It looked like the skin directly beneath the tattoos was actually healing a bit faster than the rest.

“So there is magic in them?’ Doctor Kalfou asked.

“In all Akula tattoos. Most are not so strong. Mine is,” Reeve explained.

“Can see why you did not come see me sooner, I,” Doctor Kalfou said with a half smile. It was hard not to be impressed.

“My Animus is strong, but can only do so much. This is as much as I will heal with its help. For the rest, I come to you,” Reeve said with a small shrug.

“Well, might not like it, you. Stitches are best on fresh wounds. These punctures that have already started healing look inflamed. Going to have to flush them, I, which means opening them back up again,” Doctor Kalfou ran her curved stitching needle and a narrow-bladed knife through the flame of the candle on the nightstand. “Sit.”

Reeve looked a little exasperated, but sat on the bed. Bella started dragging the bloody sails and bedding out onto the deck, leaving the doctor to her last patient.

The storm was still raging. Here, near the island on the inside of the reef, the waters were calm, but the rain and wind had picked up. It was a warm, southerly wind full of fat water drops that slapped the skin and splashed down so hard that the spray gave the deck of the ship a shallow haze. The last time she’d been out on the deck she’d been naked. The water on her skin had felt surprisingly nice. This time, her clothes began to feel heavy and clingy almost instantly. Her fatigue and worn nerves made the annoyance of wet clothes much more aggravating than it should have been. She didn’t really know what to do about the bloody mess she was half-carrying, half-dragging so she just dumped it by the mast.

She was surprised at how busy the deck of the ship was. Danica North was directing about ten sailors who were dealing with the aftermath of the fight. The corpses of the grindylows were being dumped overboard, buckets of water were being used to rinse any blood away that was stubborn enough that the rain wasn’t taking care of it.

“Just leave two,” Danica said to the swabs as Bella passed. “The doc wants them.”

“There,” Will said sharply from nearby. Curious, Bella turned around and looked up at the helm, squinting into the falling rain. In the faint light of the mast lantern she could see Will pointing toward the shore.

“I dinnae see anything,” Captain Vex said. Bella walked up the stairs, wondering what they were looking at.

Will handed the Captain the spyglass and reoriented the spotlight-lantern towards a group of trees. “See that stretch of treeline that splits up the beach? There’s a break in the trees there. Looks mostly like a shadow from this angle, but I think there’s an inlet. Look at the water in front of the trees. There’s not much in the way of waves, but it’s enough to form an eddy at the mouth.” Will explained.

It took Captain Vex a few moments to find what Will was talking about before she answered. “I see it. Barely looks like anything. If that’s an inlet, I’m gonnae have tae swing wide and come at it from dead ahead. If I try tae come about too close, we’ll scrape those trees. I’ll need ye tae reef-spot for me.”

Will nodded and was about to reply when he noticed Bella. She gave them a small, tired wave.

“How are you holding up?” Will asked, looking concerned.

“Not a scratch on me,” Bella shrugged. She looked down at her bloody clothes. “I’m just tired and need to get cleaned up.”

“I think the whole ship would agree with you,” Will said with a small smile.

“Belita, your bed got used as an operating table. We’re not going to want to sleep in it until it can be replaced or cleaned,” Bella said, cringing a little as she delivered the news.

The Captain looked pained. “Go ask Mister North tae pull three hammocks and bedrolls for us.”

Bella nodded. “Where should I set them up?”

“Hold off on that. If Will is right, we won’t be sleeping on ship tonight,” Captain Vex said. Then she turned back to spying out at the oncoming eddy Will had found. “Lets thread this needle, Will,” she said, swinging the ship’s wheel and gently maneuvering the Kestrel closer to the inside of the reef.

Will gave Bella a nod and quickly unclamped the spotlight and hefted it over to the starboard outer rail. He bolted it back on again, and then started scanning the waterline below.

Bella trudged back down the stairs in search of Mister North, and nearly ran into Jack as she and Quinn came out of her room in the lower hall.

“Oh, hey,” Jack said, looking worried, relieved, and apprehensive. “I’m glad you’re here, I wanted to apologize for-”

“It’s alright, Jack,” Bella said, holding up a hand to cut the other woman off. “I’m not upset. There’s things to talk about, but they can wait.”

Jack looked relieved. “Where are you headed?”

“To find Mister North,” Bella said. “I’m trying to figure out where Will and I are going to sleep tonight.”

“I guess the Captain’s cabin isn’t really habitable right now,” Jack said, realizing the predicament. She threw her thumb over her shoulder. “North’s in the hold. Just follow the sounds of yelling.”

“Where are you headed?” Bella asked.

“The bilge,” Jack said, making a face that said exactly what she thought of her task.

“What’s a bilge?” Bella asked.

“It’s the lowest part of the ship, where all the runoff collects. There’s a pump down there. We’re going to see if we can put a dent in some of this flooding,” Jack explained.

Bella was impressed. “Will it work?”

“It will buy the crew more time,” Jack said.

“Time to what? I thought we weren’t in danger of sinking soon,” Bella asked.

“Salvage,” Jack said.

“What?” Bella was feeling like she was in over hear head again. There was so much about ships that she just didn’t know.

“Go find North. It will be self explanatory,’ Jack said. She was about to leave, but hesitantly added “If you and Will need a place to sleep tonight, you can set up in my room. I don’t think the water will reach that far tonight. I left the door unlocked.”

There were a lot of reasons that Bella might have felt apprehensive or conflicted about the idea of sharing a sleeping space with Jack, but tonight she was too tired to care. She nodded. “Thanks.”

Jack gave her a small smile and headed down the hall, followed by the impassive Quinn.

Bella found Mister North in the main hold, shouting.

“I don’t care where you put them!” North bellowed. “Just keep the path to the stairs clear, and move everything to the aft. Priority now is to get everything that isn’t floating clear of the water. I want two palettes under everything. Stack them crates to the ceiling. Nail up some cargo nets and put all the sacks in them!”

The hole in the hull had been steadily letting in water. From what Bella understood it took a long time for a ship to actually sink from damage like that, but it was still a significant problem. The Kestrel was sitting in the water with her nose tilted downward. The forward crew berth was flooded. Water was spreading out the broken door and flooding across the floor of the hold. The whole hold had at least some standing water in it, and toward the prow it was close to knee deep. Nearly all the crates were soaking up water, and some of them were starting to float.

The group of injured sailors were loitering near the entrance to the short hall where the doors to Jack and Morant’s rooms were. They had nowhere to go. Bella wasn’t about to interrupt Mister North right now. Getting hammocks could wait. She walked over to the injured group and said “Follow me.”

Then she lead them back to Jack’s door and opened it. “You can rest in here until Mister North is able to find you a better place.”

There was a smattering of thanks as they painfully headed into the room, sitting down on beds, footlockers, or just on the floor. The small room didn’t fit all of them. Bella’s brows furrowed in thought for a moment. She looked around the hall at the other three doors. She knew one of them was Morant’s room. The other two were being used by Morant’s group of porters. She knocked on the door across from Jack’s. After a few moments a thickly built man with short cropped brown hair answered.

He didn’t say anything. He just looked at her, glancing at her bloody clothes for a moment, and waited.

“We need to use your room as an infirmary for the injured for a little while,” she said.

“We got our own injured,” the man said.

“Did you go see Doctor Kalfou?” Bella asked.

“There was a line. Mister Lynch took care of us,” the man said.

“I’m not going to disparage Mister Lynch’s medical skills, but your injured really should check in with Doctor Kalfou,” Bella said.

The man nodded grimly. “You’re probably right. Still can’t let you in though. Lord Morant’s orders.”

Bella rolled her eyes in complete exasperation. Normally being non-confrontational was a carefully practiced survival skill. Between her fatigue and the aftermath of the stress she’d forced herself to endure, she no longer had any amount of patience. “Which door is his?” she said, over pronouncing every word to punctuate her annoyance. The man pointed across the hall at the door next to Jack’s, then shut his door. Bella looked pained.

One of the injured sailors, a man with a broken leg she remembered dancing with on the deck a week and an eternity ago, gave her a thankful smile. “Don’t go botherin’ a noble on account’a us, Miss Bella. You done more than enough for us tonight already.”

Bella shook her head firmly. “You saved that noble’s life tonight. The least he could do is give you a place to sit down,” She to Morant’s door and hesitated only a moment before knocking firmly.

Mister Lynch cracked the door a few moments later and peered implacably into the dim hall. “Yes?”

“We need a place for the wounded to convalesce. Your porters won’t let them in,” Bella said firmly.

“Ah. One moment,” Lynch said, then shut the door. It opened again a short while later. “Lord Morant’s answer is no. You will need to find another place for them.” The door shut again before Bella could reply.

The witch’s eyes narrowed as she glared at the closed door. She turned back to the group of wounded sailors. “Wait here.” Then she headed back upstairs into the rain. On the deck, the large hatch doors were open and Danica was directing sailors and riggers in hauling crates out of the hold below with ropes and pulleys. Bella found the Captain still at the helm. She’d just finished steering the Kestrel in a wide arc and was straightening the ship out again. The ship was now pointed straight at the island. It was little more than a dark outline against the stormy sky.

“Clear over here. Looks like we avoided the reef,” Will said, quickly unclamping the spotlight lantern from the rail. “I’m going to the prow to light your way.” He hefted the lantern and ran down the steps without waiting for a reply

Captain Vex gave Bella a glance. The witch’s expression was very clear. “What’s got ye all mad?” the Captain asked.

“Morant won’t let the wounded into any of his cabins,” Bella said.

Captain Vex looked frustrated and focused on the shoreline again. They were approaching the island fast, with no light yet. She could see the bobbing beam erratically lighting the deck as Will rushed to the prow. “I’m a little busy,”

“You and everyone else!” Bella snapped. “The hold is flooded, there’s nowhere for them to go, most of them are barely conscious, and nobody is helping them!”

Captain Vex’s eyes flicked to Bella, then back to the shore. Will was getting the lantern clamped but she still didn’t have a good view. “If’n I manage not tae crash the ship, they’ll have places tae sit down soon. Until then, put them back in my cabin.”

“You’re just going to let Morant do this?” Bella asked, surprised and upset.

“Aye, for now. Later there will be a reckoning, but first I have tae get the Kestrel safe tae ground,” Captain Vex said, never taking her eyes off the shore. Will’s lantern swept up and focused ahead, finally showing Captain Vex what she needed to see. Her aim was pretty good, but the waves had pushed the Kestrel off line. She turned to correct the course and hoped they had enough time to straighten out again. “Tell Mister Reeve to take over for Mister North, and tell Mister North I need him prepping us to sleep on shore.”

Bella was frustrated, but nodded and headed back down stairs. As she reached the deck she heard the sounds of wood scraping on wood. They’d reached the inlet and suddenly trees loomed around them. A low branch dragged slowly down the railing, catching on every post before thumping to the next one. She ducked back down into the hold hall and gestured to the wounded. “We’re going back to the Captain’s cabin.” The wounded men looked at each other, then painfully followed her back upstairs again.

She opened the Captain’s cabin door and ducked inside. Reeve was pulling on his pants while Doctor Kalfou poured a bucket of water on the floor to rinse away some of the blood. Reeve was bandaged in three places on his torso, and another two on his right arm.

“Mister Reeve, the Captain wants you to take over for Mister North,” Bella said.

Reeve grunted an acknowledgement. “She say anything about what we’re doing now?”

“Just that Mister North needs to prepare for the crew to sleep on shore,” Bella answered.

“Good,” Reeve nodded. He picked up his hook and headed for the door. “Thanks again, Doc.”

As the big Bosun left, the wounded filed back in. Doctor Kalfou had managed to clear away most of the piles of cut away clothing, amputated limbs, pools of blood, and other grim clutter. Bella sat down on the bed. She was used to staying awake through long rituals. Bonding her familiar had taken her nearly two full days. She’d always prided herself on her ability to keep focused. Tonight was testing her limits. It was the fear, and feeling like she was constantly in the way. Something had gone wrong at the end of her ritual, she had no idea if it had actually worked, and she still hadn’t had time to try to figure it out. It had been nothing but one crisis after another. Even now, with nothing left that she felt like she could help with, she still couldn’t let go of the knot of anxiety she’d been holding ever since she’d been recruited to help Doctor Kalfou with the wounded.

She knew where it came from. She just didn’t want to think about it. Focusing on tasks, trying to help the wounded, it had been a good way of not thinking, but now there was nothing left but waiting, and trying not to think about it became thinking about it. She tried to breathe slowly and evenly, closing her eyes and focusing on calming herself. It didn’t help. If anything, it was making her feel worse. The room still smelled like blood and sweat. The walls felt like they were closing in. She abruptly got up and went back out into the rain.

Her first thought was to head toward the prow where Will was, but as she got closer she could hear him calling directions back to the Captain, helping her correct the ship’s course as it moved down the narrow inlet. Now would be a very bad time to distract him. Besides, after she’d made such a big deal out of not worrying him so he could stay focused, going to him for support seemed like a poor choice.

“Where’s the bilge?” she asked the nearest sailor, focusing hard on keeping her composure.

He looked over his shoulder for a moment, seeming surprised at the question. He continued hauling on the rope in his hands, helping heft a cargo net full of supplies up from below, and gestured with his head. “In the hold. Just past the cabins, to the right. There’s a hatch in the floor.”

She thanked him and headed back below decks. She felt like she was going in circles. A small, mirthless laugh escaped her lips. It was an apt metaphor. Back and forth, round and round the ship, feeling like she was going nowhere, just like what she was feeling in her head. She found herself staring at the hatch in the floor without really remembering walking down the stairs or the hall. She wondered how long she’d been standing there. Recognition of what she was looking at finally dawned on her. Hanging from a hook above the hatch was Jack’s equipment harness, her hat, and her tri-barreled firearm. Quinn’s swords hung next to them.

“You’re losing it, girl.” Bella muttered to herself.

She hauled on the hatch, opening it up. The smell that hit her was terrible. She made a face, and took a small breath with her head turned away, then called down. “Jack?”

A few moments later she got an answer. “Yes?” Jack’s voice sounded strained.

Bella wrinkled her nose and started climbing. “I’m coming down.”

“What? Why?” Jack called up to her.

“I want to help,” Bella called back.

“That’s a bad idea, Bella,” Jack replied.

“Why?” Bella stopped near the bottom of the latter. She couldn’t see the floor. She was climbing down into disgusting, brackish water. The smell was nauseating. The only light was from a lantern hanging from a hook on the wall.The room looked something like being inside a ribcage. Curving beams narrowed downward and disappeared into the water. In the direction of the prow, the blige extended past the lantern light, a narrow hallway full of water vanishing into the darkness. The waterline was angled. The further into the dark the hallway went the higher the water was. By the time the light ran out it was nearly to the ceiling. Toward the stern she could see Jack and Quinn up to their ribs in the disgusting brine, doing something to a set of pipes that were mounted to the back wall.

“I just ... need something to do.” Bella didn’t know what else to say.

Jack looked back at her, concern on her face. “Are you wounded? Hurt in any way?”

“No, I don’t think so, why?” Bella asked. Jack had a way of asking completely unexpected questions. It gave Bella’s mind something to do besides spin, and in that moment she found that she was already starting to feel a little better.

“This water is just waiting to cause an infection. Do you have another set of clothes?” Jack continued.

“One more, yes,” Bella said.

“Alright. Come on down,” Jack shrugged, still sounding dubious. “Step careful. It’s deeper than you think. You won’t be able to touch bottom in the middle. You’ll need to walk on the curve of the walls, or tread water.”

Bella made a face and lowered her foot into the cold, slimy water. “Why is the room shaped like this?”

“Because this is what ships are shaped like under the waterline,” Jack said. “The keel is right beneath us, and the hull curves out from it.”

Bella looked at the room again. Now the strange shape of it made sense. It hadn’t even occurred to her that they were under water. “So what are we doing?”

“Trying to fix the bilge pump,” Jack answered, turning back to her work. “The water rose too high, now it’s flooded.”

“How can I help?’ Bella asked. Her skirts lifted in the water and billowed around her as she sunk deeper into the murk. She found the curve of the walls and awkwardly made her way towards Jack, using the rib-like beams as hand-holds. With how much the room was angled, it was almost like climbing.

“We’re trying to extend the intake pipe with some spare sections. You can help hold tools we aren’t using at the moment,” Jack explained.

Bella trudged through the water. “Alright.”

All she could see of what they were working on was part of a handle sticking out of the water. “That looks like the bathtub pump in the Captain’s washroom,” Bella said.

Jack nodded. “They’re all the same system. The bathtub pipe pumps seawater in. These other pipes pump bilgewater out.” She was crouched a bit, submerged to the neck and working blindly below the surface of the water. Quinn stood next to her with a large wrench in one hand, three lengths of pipe cradled in the other, and a satchel hanging from his shoulder.

“What are you doing?” Bella asked.

“Trying to find the right pipe,” Jack said. “I think I have it. Can you take that stuff from Quinn?”

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Will got out of the tub after a quick rinse. He was impressed at how warm the water had stayed.“Jus’ pull the drain stopper,” Belita said. She was in the process of being dried off by her dutiful cabin girl. She had her foot up on a stool and Bella was finishing dragging a soft cloth along her thigh and calf.“Do I get that sort of treatment?” Will asked.“You’re not captain,” Cabin Girl Bella said, smugly. He looked around for his own towel. The one Bella had been using hit him in the face. The...

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Lost at Sea Book 2 DriftersChapter 7

Will got out of the tub after a quick rinse. He was impressed at how warm the water had stayed. “Jus’ pull the drain stopper,” Belita said. She was in the process of being dried off by her dutiful cabin girl. She had her foot up on a stool and Bella was finishing dragging a soft cloth along her thigh and calf. “Do I get that sort of treatment?” Will asked. “You’re not captain,” Cabin Girl Bella said, smugly. He looked around for his own towel. The one Bella had been using hit him in the...

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Lost at Sea book 2 Drifters chapter 13

The sky was a flat, grey plane of clouds, slowly roiling. The air was warm and charged. The winds were gentle. An electrical storm was brewing.Will stared at Jack for a long time. “Do you ever think about what you’re about to say before it comes out of your mouth?”“Come on, Will! You never used to care about the words. You could see right past them and knew exactly what I meant. Try that now,” Jack demanded. She was barreling straight on, trying to get Will to catch up.Will wasn’t having it....

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Lost at Sea Book 2 DriftersChapter 13

The sky was a flat, grey plane of clouds, slowly roiling. The air was warm and charged. The winds were gentle. An electrical storm was brewing. Will stared at Jack for a long time. “Do you ever think about what you’re about to say before it comes out of your mouth?” “Come on, Will! You never used to care about the words. You could see right past them and knew exactly what I meant. Try that now,” Jack demanded. She was barreling straight on, trying to get Will to catch up. Will wasn’t having...

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Lost at Sea book 2 Drifters chapter 14

Will was surprised. He’d heard Bella talk about how bad hexes were before. “I thought you didn’t hex people.”“I don’t, usually. It’s one of those things the Magistrate really frowns on, but against pirates trying to kill us I’m willing to bend the rules,” Bella smiled. She finished crawling around and drawing the second circle as Will tied the mirror to the mast. Inside the mirror Will heard Tonya arrive. “Sorry it took me so long, I really needed to get cleaned up. What’s going on?” Bella’s...

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Lost at Sea Book 1 Where Theres a Will Chapter 12

“Fuck,” Will swore. Will tried to turn, but his foot slipped on something. His bourbon from earlier. He ended up catching himself on the bar, but he was off balance. Inside him, he felt something seem to slide.Caine stood up.The whole room went quiet. To Will, everything seemed like slow motion. He knew this feeling. It felt like the world was sliding sideways, and he was a bystander in his own body. He tried to say something, but it was like he was moving through molasses. He only had time to...

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Lost at Sea Book 1 Where Theres a Will Chapter 12

“Fuck,” Will swore. Will tried to turn, but his foot slipped on something. His bourbon from earlier. He ended up catching himself on the bar, but he was off balance. Inside him, he felt something seem to slide.Caine stood up.The whole room went quiet. To Will, everything seemed like slow motion. He knew this feeling. It felt like the world was sliding sideways, and he was a bystander in his own body. He tried to say something, but it was like he was moving through molasses. He only had time to...

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Lost at Sea Book 2 DriftersChapter 14

Will was surprised. He’d heard Bella talk about how bad hexes were before. “I thought you didn’t hex people.” “I don’t, usually. It’s one of those things the Magistrate really frowns on, but against pirates trying to kill us I’m willing to bend the rules,” Bella smiled. She finished crawling around and drawing the second circle as Will tied the mirror to the mast. Inside the mirror Will heard Tonya arrive. “Sorry it took me so long, I really needed to get cleaned up. What’s going on?”...

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Lost at Sea book 2 Drifters chapter 4

Captain Vex’s hands knotted in the witch’s dark curls. Bella was a profoundly skilled lover. The Captain had a taste of what Bella could do on top of the lighthouse, but being the sole focus of-of a sex witch’s ministrations when there were no other distractions (and Bella was feeling particularly thankful) was to be given the best possible seat in a masterclass in how to pleasure a woman.Belita had already been turned on fiercely by helping Bella with her recharge ritual. The witch was so...

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Lost at Sea book 1 Where Theres a Will chapter 5

Janie’s breath caught in her throat. Will slowly sat down at the table and held his hands up. “There’s no need for that. Let go of the lady and we’ll talk.”“We ain’t here to talk,” the brute with the pistol said. Another man walked through the door and closed it. He was short and unfortunate looking with no chin and an overly large hawkish nose. His choice to keep bushy sideburns but shave the rest only served to draw more attention to his worst features.“Timmons?” Will said, confused at the...

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Lost at Sea book 1 Where Theres a Will chapter 5

Janie’s breath caught in her throat. Will slowly sat down at the table and held his hands up. “There’s no need for that. Let go of the lady and we’ll talk.”“We ain’t here to talk,” the brute with the pistol said. Another man walked through the door and closed it. He was short and unfortunate looking with no chin and an overly large hawkish nose. His choice to keep bushy sideburns but shave the rest only served to draw more attention to his worst features.“Timmons?” Will said, confused at the...

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Lost At Sea

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Lost at Sea Book 2 DriftersChapter 22

Lace lounged against a tree, enjoying the music and her drunken buzz. The wake was still going. It wasn’t the happiest reason for revelry, but after a shipwreck and being attacked by monsters it was clear the crew would take any reason they could get. Sailors were an odd lot. They tended to be fairly stoic until you put a few drinks in them. Then everything they were feeling came pouring out. They were communal too, so what one felt, they tended to all feel, even if they generally didn’t talk...

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Lost at Sea Book 2 Drifters Chapter 2

“Bring her about to port, nice and gentle, but keep tightening the turn until she starts t’ list. Then pull back,” Captain Vex said.“Aye, Captain,” Colin Strong said with much less enthusiasm than usual. The big man looked like hell. The whole right side of his face and parts of the left were swollen and bruised in an angry clash of colors. Purples, yellows, even some blues and greens. The impact points were the fierce dark red of abraded skin and broken blood vessels. His upper lip was swollen...

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Lost at Sea book 1 Where Theres a Will chapter 4

He had hips that pounded like the waves, relentless and driving. A slow, rhythmic battering that was trying to knock her over. All she could do was hold on. He stared down at her, his eyes full of concern but his expression a mask of calm. His large hands gripped her hips and pulled her back as he drove forward over and over again. Something inside her spasmed.“Holy…  fuck,” she muttered, her hands clenching against the wall.“Are you alright?” he asked, pausing his pounding hips. It was obvious...

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He had hips that pounded like the waves, relentless and driving. A slow, rhythmic battering that was trying to knock her over. All she could do was hold on. He stared down at her, his eyes full of concern but his expression a mask of calm. His large hands gripped her hips and pulled her back as he drove forward over and over again. Something inside her spasmed.“Holy…  fuck,” she muttered, her hands clenching against the wall.“Are you alright?” he asked, pausing his pounding hips. It was obvious...

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Lost at Sea book 2 Drifters chapter 1

“You should have come straight to me,” Lord Morant said with an authoritarian stare.They were standing on the deck of the fishing boat as it pulled away from the docks. Morant, Lynch and Jack had joined them without a word as they boarded the ship. Will had started to speak, but Morant had cut him off.“Why would I do that?” Will snarled back, still fuming.“Nae, Will. He’s right,” Captain Vex said. She wore her hat and coat, but her other clothes had still been wet and were packed away, so she...

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Lost at Sea book 2 Drifters chapter 18 part 1

The crew began rousing themselves around noon. It was just too hot to sleep comfortably any longer. The shipwrecked survivors moved slow and gingerly, trudging through their tasks with stoic determination. There was a lot to be done. The ramshackle camp was mostly just strewn hammocks and bedrolls at the edge of the lagoon. There hadn’t been time or energy for much else, so the day’s first priority was to set up a more organized campsite. Nearly half the crew, lead by Mister Reeve, were off in...

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Lost at Sea Book 2 DriftersChapter 18

The crew began rousing themselves around noon. It was just too hot to sleep comfortably any longer. The shipwrecked survivors moved slow and gingerly, trudging through their tasks with stoic determination. There was a lot to be done. The ramshackle camp was mostly just strewn hammocks and bedrolls at the edge of the lagoon. There hadn’t been time or energy for much else, so the day’s first priority was to set up a more organized campsite. Nearly half the crew, lead by Mister Reeve, were off...

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Lost at Sea book 2 Drifters chapter 7 part 2

“The energy doesn’t have to come from you, it just needs to be received by you,” Bella said. She was watching Captain Vex’s back arch against the bed while Will’s tongue worked between her legs. Belita stretched languidly like a big golden housecat, her expression happy and glazed.“Received?” Tonya asked, not following.“Well, it has to turn you on,” Bella clarified. “That’s not a completely accurate way to put it, but there’s enough overlap that it will work until you have enough experience to...

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Lost at Sea book 2 Drifters chapter 15

The prow of the wrecked ship hit the Kestrel with a sickening crunch. Swabs went to their knees. Riggers hung on to their ropes as they were whipped back and forth by the jarring impact. A few unlucky sailors even found themselves bowled completely over, or found themselves hanging in the air, suspended by their safety lines. Rope burn, splinters and scraped skin abounded. Those at the front of the ship fared the worst. Danica and Mister Lynch were thrown backwards from the prow all the way to...

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Lost At Sea Book 2 Drifters Chapter 17 Part 1

“So there was something under the water?” Captain Vex asked. “Yeah,” Will nodded, as he bolted down the last of the spotlight-lanterns on the railing next to the ship’s wheel. The other three hadn’t survived the fight on the prow. Captain Vex wasn’t thrilled about that, those lanterns were expensive. Will’s hands hurt badly, but he still had a bit more to do before he could let the doctor look him over. Besides, there were a lot of crew worse off than he was. “I started to figure it out when...

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Lost at Sea Book 2 DriftersChapter 8

The island of Barcola was primarily Nivalese. The inhabitants had managed to repel a mainland occupation a half-century prior by pulling the majority of their people into the mountains and fighting a brutal guerrilla war against the colonizing forces. In the narrow mountain passes, the mainlanders’ usual tactics of shielded firing lines and phalanx-style close combat were completely useless. The colonists tried to starve out the natives, but the lush tropical mountain provided everything the...

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Lost at Sea book 2 Drifters chapter 10

“What did you do?” Caine asked. Janie hadn’t really noticed him come in. He was leaning in the doorway watching Janie blow out the candles in front of the mirror. She was disheveled and flushed after watching Bella work her oral magic on Captain Vex, and she definitely did not expect an audience for what she was thinking about doing next.She was recovering from being startled, but Caine didn’t give her time to reply. “A customer says you stiffed him?”“That isn’t true at all!” Janie said. “I did...

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Lost At Sea Book 2 Drifters Chapter 5

Janie looked at herself in the mirror. She barely recognized the person she saw.Her had been styled with hot metal rods and some kind of light, fragrant oil that held its shape as it dried. It had taken a while, sitting there and letting Tonya do who-knows-what to it. Then Tonya had put makeup on her and helped her pick out an outfit from a communal closet. After all that work she could finally see it all. Her hair tumbled in loose flowing waves. A small black hat with a white band was pinned...

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Lost at Sea book 1 Where Theres a Will chapter 14 part 2

They got out of bed and Janie tentatively approached the ladder. She looked over to Bella who shoo’d her forward encouragingly. Janie began to climb. She could faintly hear the rhythmic slapping of skin on skin and a woman’s deep, throaty moans. She climbed a little faster.As her head crested the trapdoor in the early dawn light she saw Belita Vex still wearing one of Will’s large shirts and nothing else, holding onto the brass railing, looking over her shoulder with an expression of excited...

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Lost at Sea book 1 Where Theres a Will chapter 14 part 2

They got out of bed and Janie tentatively approached the ladder. She looked over to Bella who shoo’d her forward encouragingly. Janie began to climb. She could faintly hear the rhythmic slapping of skin on skin and a woman’s deep, throaty moans. She climbed a little faster.As her head crested the trapdoor in the early dawn light she saw Belita Vex still wearing one of Will’s large shirts and nothing else, holding onto the brass railing, looking over her shoulder with an expression of excited...

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Lost at Sea Book 2 DriftersChapter 15

The prow of the wrecked ship hit the Kestrel with a sickening crunch. Swabs went to their knees. Riggers hung on to their ropes as they were whipped back and forth by the jarring impact. A few unlucky sailors even found themselves bowled completely over, or found themselves hanging in the air, suspended by their safety lines. Rope burn, splinters and scraped skin abounded. Those at the front of the ship fared the worst. Danica and Mister Lynch were thrown backwards from the prow all the way...

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Lost at Sea book 2 Drifters chapter 18 part 2

“Get out!” Belita yelled as the door opened.“Nope,” Danica said, walking in and shutting the door behind her. “I said leave!” Belita snarled, pushing herself halfway up into an unsteady, angry crouch.“And I said no,” Danica shrugged. She walked over and sat down against the wall next to the Captain. “Part of my job is to tell you no when you need it. Right now you need it. What’s going on?”“Insubordinate… I’m going tae-” Belita couldn’t find the words.“What? Lock me up? Whip me? Hang me?”...

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Lost at Sea Book 2 DriftersChapter 4

Captain Vex’s hands knotted in the witch’s dark curls. Bella was a profoundly skilled lover. The Captain had a taste of what Bella could do on top of the lighthouse, but being the sole focus of of a sex witch’s ministrations when there were no other distractions (and Bella was feeling particularly thankful) was to be given the best possible seat in a masterclass in how to pleasure a woman. Belita had already been turned on fiercely by helping Bella with her recharge ritual. The witch was so...

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Lost at Sea book 1 Where Theres a Will chapter 9

Will had his feet up on his desk and was enjoying some long awaited silence. It felt a bit strange to be alone. Only a few days ago he would have been used to it. Janie had always left in the evenings. He rarely had visitors. The lighthouse was built in an area of the town which did not have a lot of nighttime activity.All the chaos and excitement that had happened the last few days was what his life had once been like all the time. Now that he had it again it made him realized how much he’d...

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Lost at Sea book 1 Where Theres a Will chapter 9

Will had his feet up on his desk and was enjoying some long awaited silence. It felt a bit strange to be alone. Only a few days ago he would have been used to it. Janie had always left in the evenings. He rarely had visitors. The lighthouse was built in an area of the town which did not have a lot of nighttime activity.All the chaos and excitement that had happened the last few days was what his life had once been like all the time. Now that he had it again it made him realized how much he’d...

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Death and Damnation Book 2 of Poachers ProgressChapter 16 Down to the sea in ships

The barge Princess Caroline made a brief stop at Westminster Bridge steps, allowing Patrick and I to disembark, from where it was but a short walk along Whitehall to Horse Guards. On entering Colonel Slade’s office I was pleased to see both Krish Armityge and Zinnia Teazle present, as I had little opportunity to speak to either of them before having to rush off to Bristol. I looked forward to picking up the latest news concerning Caroline Ashford from Krish, and of my sister Rebekah from...

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Lost at Sea Book 1 Where Theres a Will Chapter 3

“Aye, Cap’n,” Will said, his voice muffled between her legs. His tongue kept up its swirling around her entrance, occasionally sweeping up and fluttering across her clit. She sat up a bit, leaning back on her forearms and watching the top of his head. The muscles in her thighs and her butt twitched of their own accord, squeezing as her pleasure mounted. She ran a hand through his hair and pulled his mouth harder into her, starting to rock her hips.He firmed his tongue into a point and started...

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Lost at Sea Book 1 Where Theres a Will Chapter 3

“Aye, Cap’n,” Will said, his voice muffled between her legs. His tongue kept up its swirling around her entrance, occasionally sweeping up and fluttering across her clit. She sat up a bit, leaning back on her forearms and watching the top of his head. The muscles in her thighs and her butt twitched of their own accord, squeezing as her pleasure mounted. She ran a hand through his hair and pulled his mouth harder into her, starting to rock her hips.He firmed his tongue into a point and started...

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Lost at Sea book 2 Drifters chapter 6

Bella took a deep breath and sat down on the bed. She was exhausted. She’d been standing unmoving, concentrating fiercely for hours. Her whole body ached. Fighting to remain in one position while the ocean rocked the floor beneath her had been much more difficult than she expected. Her thighs were quivering. In spite of her fatigue, her eyes were glued to the mirror, watching the scene play out in her alcove.Tonya was naked, sitting on Bella’s table, her legs spread wide and wrapped around...

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Lost At Sea book 2 Drifters Chapter 16 Part 1

A loop of rope dropped around a pale neck. The screaming head attached to it didn’t seem to notice. The makeshift noose went taught. A pale, rag-clad body was yanked thrashing into the air. Lace Webber swung down like a boom, counterbalancing the weight of the creature she’d just lassoed against her own. She crashed into another grindylow with both feet, feeling a satisfying crack and sending the clumsy creature sprawling across the deck. Another crewman quickly took advantage of the opening,...

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Lost at Sea Book 2 DriftersChapter 16

A loop of rope dropped around a pale neck. The screaming head attached to it didn’t seem to notice. The makeshift noose went taught. A pale, rag-clad body was yanked thrashing into the air. Lace Webber swung down like a boom, counterbalancing the weight of the creature she’d just lassoed against her own. She crashed into another grindylow with both feet, feeling a satisfying crack and sending the clumsy creature sprawling across the deck. Another crewman quickly took advantage of the...

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Lost at Sea book 2 Drifters chapter 12

The night was everything an evening on ship should be. Clear skies, calm seas, land distant flecks on the horizon close enough that they could faintly hear the cries of seabirds. The sunset had been long and gorgeous, full of oranges and pinks that gave way to darker reds and purples before disappearing into dusk. The western horizon was a glowing purple haze that slowly faded revealing more and more stars above.The Nivalese had a strong musical tradition full of drums and guitars, and many of...

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Lost at Sea Book 1 Where Theres a Will chapter 6

This kiss was different. The first had been a question. This one was a demand. It was hungry. Not overly aggressive, but fierce with desire. Janie moaned into his mouth and one of his hands found the back of her neck and gripped a little harder than he probably should have. Her fingers were twined in his hair again. After a brief eternity their lips parted and their foreheads came together to rest on each other.“Wow,” Will said faintly. Janie nodded against his head. She was suddenly aware of...

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Lost at Sea Book 1 Where Theres a Will chapter 6

This kiss was different. The first had been a question. This one was a demand. It was hungry. Not overly aggressive, but fierce with desire. Janie moaned into his mouth and one of his hands found the back of her neck and gripped a little harder than he probably should have. Her fingers were twined in his hair again. After a brief eternity their lips parted and their foreheads came together to rest on each other.“Wow,” Will said faintly. Janie nodded against his head. She was suddenly aware of...

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Lost at Sea book 2 Drifters chapter 3

Bella stared, not sure how to respond. “You know what Will’s curse is?”“Damn it,” Jack whispered. “I didn’t want to talk about this.”“Too late. Do you know how to get rid of it?” Bella demanded.“Yes,” Jack sighed. “It isn’t what you think though.”“What is it then?” Bella asked, wishing Jack would just give her a straight answer.“No. I’ve already said too much. You and Will are both too damn smart and neither of you can just let anything lie,” Jack shook her head. She stood up.“Oh no! You don’t...

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Lost at Sea book 1 Where Theres a Will chapter 14 part 1

Bella let go of Will’s shoulders and quickly shimmied her long sleep shirt up around her waist. Her fingers found her smooth slit. She wasn’t wet, but Belita giving Will a blowjob was starting to feel really good. She licked her fingers and brought them between her legs. She was glad she didn’t have to focus on trying to get herself turned on. Under the circumstances that might have been hard without the assistance from the link between them.While Bella adjusted herself and got ready, Captain...

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Lost at Sea book 1 Where Theres a Will chapter 14 part 1

Bella let go of Will’s shoulders and quickly shimmied her long sleep shirt up around her waist. Her fingers found her smooth slit. She wasn’t wet, but Belita giving Will a blowjob was starting to feel really good. She licked her fingers and brought them between her legs. She was glad she didn’t have to focus on trying to get herself turned on. Under the circumstances that might have been hard without the assistance from the link between them.While Bella adjusted herself and got ready, Captain...

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Lost At Sea Book 2 Drifters Chapter 16 Part 2

Grindylow were starting to crawl up the Kestrel’s sides, cresting the railings toward the midship, flanking the defenders. At the helm, Captain Vex cursed. They were running out of time. “Danica, Coleman, get us free!”“Aye, captain!” came the answering calls. Coleman and Danica North led their gaff hook wielding swabs toward the prow, but the fighting was too thick. There wasn’t going to be any safe way to employ their hooks and shove them free of the black ship. For every Grindylow the crew...

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Lost at Sea Book 2 DriftersChapter 6

Bella took a deep breath and sat down on the bed. She was exhausted. She’d been standing unmoving, concentrating fiercely for hours. Her whole body ached. Fighting to remain in one position while the ocean rocked the floor beneath her had been much more difficult than she expected. Her thighs were quivering. In spite of her fatigue, her eyes were glued to the mirror, watching the scene play out in her alcove. Tonya was naked, sitting on Bella’s table, her legs spread wide and wrapped around...

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Lost at Sea Book 2 DriftersChapter 10

“What did you do?” Caine asked. Janie hadn’t really noticed him come in. He was leaning in the doorway watching Janie blow out the candles in front of the mirror. She was disheveled and flushed after watching Bella work her oral magic on Captain Vex, and she definitely did not expect an audience for what she was thinking about doing next. She was recovering from being startled, but Caine didn’t give her time to reply. “A customer says you stiffed him?” “That isn’t true at all!” Janie said....

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Lost at Sea book 1 Where Theres a Will chapter 13

“You trained him to do what!?” Will demanded.Bella was sitting on the edge of the bed trying to coax her monkey back inside. “Well, I was ransacking your room for your clothes. I pulled your drawers out and started stuffing as many of them as I could into a duffel, and then you called me down. Jack must have thought we were robbing the place and kept going after I left.”“You trained him to commit larceny?” Will was simultaniously amused and horrified.Bella gave a small guilty shrug. Janie...

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Lost at Sea book 1 Where Theres a Will chapter 13

“You trained him to do what!?” Will demanded.Bella was sitting on the edge of the bed trying to coax her monkey back inside. “Well, I was ransacking your room for your clothes. I pulled your drawers out and started stuffing as many of them as I could into a duffel, and then you called me down. Jack must have thought we were robbing the place and kept going after I left.”“You trained him to commit larceny?” Will was simultaniously amused and horrified.Bella gave a small guilty shrug. Janie...

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Lost at Sea book 1 Where Theres a Will chapter 8

Mister Garrik looked up at the ceiling, raising an eyebrow at the muffled sounds of a woman’s pleasure. “Mister Sterling, I appreciate your time, but I came here to do business, not be distracted by the sounds of blue theatre.”Will cleared his throat. “Apologies, Mister Garrik.” Will’s quick mind pulled a lie out of thin air. He was talking before he’d really formulated his story. “I am hosting a friend who... used to work as a brothel girl. She upset the madam and was kicked out of her room. I...

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Lost at Sea book 1 Where Theres a Will chapter 8

Mister Garrik looked up at the ceiling, raising an eyebrow at the muffled sounds of a woman’s pleasure. “Mister Sterling, I appreciate your time, but I came here to do business, not be distracted by the sounds of blue theatre.”Will cleared his throat. “Apologies, Mister Garrik.” Will’s quick mind pulled a lie out of thin air. He was talking before he’d really formulated his story. “I am hosting a friend who... used to work as a brothel girl. She upset the madam and was kicked out of her room. I...

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Bella stared, not sure how to respond. “You know what Will’s curse is?” “Damn it,” Jack whispered. “I didn’t want to talk about this.” “Too late. Do you know how to get rid of it?” Bella demanded. “Yes,” Jack sighed. “It isn’t what you think though.” “What is it then?” Bella asked, wishing Jack would just give her a straight answer. “No. I’ve already said too much. You and Will are both too damn smart and neither of you can just let anything lie,” Jack shook her head. She stood up. “Oh...

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Jack idly watched Bella draw an elaborate warding circle. The first ring ran along the floor of the round tent. She was in the process of drawing a second ring on the walls in large white symbols. Friday was outside whispering some sort of incantation and walking in counterclockwise circles around the tent. They were moving with practiced efficiency, but to Jack it felt like ages. She lay in the center of it all on the pile of blankets and furs, exhausted and barely able to move. Her mind...

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