Defiant: 5 (Noble Passions)
“But he did sleep.
Miraculous, that, because when he finished pleasing her and tucked her into his embrace and held her, he was hard as a stone. He figured he would just lie there with her, holding her, feeling her soft breath as she slept. But somehow he slept as well.
A jarring lurch awakened him. That the jarring lurch was the ship hawing with a force that dumped him on the floor was mortifying enough, but Sophia tumbled on top of him. And gored him in the apples.
Ah, well. His erection was no longer at issue. Possibly ever again.
Her eyes widened at his howl. “Ned, are you all right?”
The boat pitched again. His heavy trunk slid ominously across the floor toward them. He scrambled up and tossed her onto the berth, clambering in on top of her just as the trunk crashed against it. The beams of the boat shuddered and groaned. Ned knew it wasn’t the impact. It was something far worse.
“Stay here,” he said to Sophia as he grappled for his boots and tugged them on.
“Where are you going?”
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