Captain's Bride
“Nicholas glanced from the bloody lifeless bundle he cradled in his arms to the woman who lay on the bed. She looked wan and pale; the covers barely moved with each shallow breath.
“Will she be all right?”
“I know little of women, lad. But by the look o’ it, I’d say yes. The problem was wi’ the child, not the mother.”
Nicholas stood at the foot of his berth, clutching the miniature, blanket-wrapped body of his son. The world seemed tilted, blurred somehow. Outside a wet wind blew across a chilly... sea, and the sky was overcast, as bleak and gray as his thoughts.
“Why don’t ye let me have him,” Mac urged softly.
“I’ll see the cooper builds him a proper coffin.”
Nicholas swallowed past the lump in his throat. It had all happened so quickly. What had gone wrong? Only yesterday the future seemed so bright, so hopeful. With a baby in their lives, he and Glory had a chance to rebuild the love they shared on the strand. But the baby was dead. What would the future hold for them now?MoreLess
“Will she be all right?”
“I know little of women, lad. But by the look o’ it, I’d say yes. The problem was wi’ the child, not the mother.”
Nicholas stood at the foot of his berth, clutching the miniature, blanket-wrapped body of his son. The world seemed tilted, blurred somehow. Outside a wet wind blew across a chilly... sea, and the sky was overcast, as bleak and gray as his thoughts.
“Why don’t ye let me have him,” Mac urged softly.
“I’ll see the cooper builds him a proper coffin.”
Nicholas swallowed past the lump in his throat. It had all happened so quickly. What had gone wrong? Only yesterday the future seemed so bright, so hopeful. With a baby in their lives, he and Glory had a chance to rebuild the love they shared on the strand. But the baby was dead. What would the future hold for them now?MoreLess
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