Blood Diamond: a Pirate Devlin Novel
Blood Diamond: a Pirate Devlin Novel
“Still flat on the table he heaved painfully onto an elbow, a stabbing across his back warning him that that was as far as he would be able to move. A creak sounded from one corner as fingers pulled open the shutters on a lantern, allowing out a flood of amber light and revealing Trouin’s seated form.
‘You are alive and awake, Captain. I am pleased to see it.’ Devlin tentatively put his hand to his wound, felt the tight straps of linen wrapped around him – his shirt torn up. Defiantly he sat wit...h clenched jaw. He would not show Trouin his agony. A snore erupted from nearby and he twisted to the familiar noise and reassuring lump of Peter Sam in repose.
‘He has not left your side. It is only in the last hour that he has slept and only then when I feigned sleep myself.’ Trouin stood and carried a crock jug of water to the table. ‘You will be thirsty.’ Devlin took the jug, ‘I’m starving, I know that much.’ ‘That is to the good. Your body wishes to live.’ Trouin stepped back.MoreLess
‘You are alive and awake, Captain. I am pleased to see it.’ Devlin tentatively put his hand to his wound, felt the tight straps of linen wrapped around him – his shirt torn up. Defiantly he sat wit...h clenched jaw. He would not show Trouin his agony. A snore erupted from nearby and he twisted to the familiar noise and reassuring lump of Peter Sam in repose.
‘He has not left your side. It is only in the last hour that he has slept and only then when I feigned sleep myself.’ Trouin stood and carried a crock jug of water to the table. ‘You will be thirsty.’ Devlin took the jug, ‘I’m starving, I know that much.’ ‘That is to the good. Your body wishes to live.’ Trouin stepped back.MoreLess
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