Enter the Brethren (The Brethren of the Coast)
“she declared, as the door to the cabin opened.“Well, well. What have we here?” Trevor laughed, as he assessed her predicament. “Your offer of sewing skills seems to have caused quite a stir, my dear. Perhaps it is a good thing that I limited your overture to the officers.”“No worries, Captain. I am stronger than I look.” She indicated the ambitious stack of garments. “Make and mend is not for another few days, but I do not believe the allotted afternoon to repair their uniforms ever trul...y suffices.”At the washstand, Trevor stripped a soiled shirt, baring his impressive chest, and although she knew better than to risk a glance, she simply could not stop herself from staring.“Please, Caroline, this is becoming quite tedious.”She met his too knowing gaze. “What is tedious?”“Why must you gawk when I welcome your touch?”Mortified, she could only shrug.“Come here.”“No.”“Come here,” he repeated in a low voice that dared her to defy him.Placing one foot in front of the other, she obeyed without complaint.Why?Caroline could not say.Though she appeared calm on the outside, inside she was a mass of emotions. She wanted to flee, but she wanted to stay. She wanted to ignore, but she wanted to explore. Fear battled with desire, hesitation with wanton abandon, in a lethal struggle for control of her senses and conscience. Fire burned in the pit of her belly, its warmth suffusing her with a hint of derring-do.“Go ahead,”MoreLess
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