The Good Sinner's Naughty Nun
“The sea churned, grey and forbidding, beneath an equally dark, threatening sky.
Thierry's men looked at her and whispered. She was a witch, they said. Look how she'd bewitched their leader into keeping her, when he should have turned her over to the Baron Montagu. She had cursed the trip, and this storm would send them all to their deaths.
"Mayhap you should leave her behind," Dominic had suggested within her hearing, as the men moved back and forth, loading the boat. "Or we should wait until t...he storm passes." Bonnenfant shrugged the warnings off, reckless as his reputation. "If we wait for the sky to clear we could be here for days. I've crossed in far worse weather than this. And no, I'm not leaving her. She comes with me." Vivienne wished he said those last few sentences with even a little tenderness, but his tone was curt and he did not look at her. She was simply another item to be loaded on the boat, another burden. He left her tied up with the barrels, the last to be taken aboard.MoreLess
Thierry's men looked at her and whispered. She was a witch, they said. Look how she'd bewitched their leader into keeping her, when he should have turned her over to the Baron Montagu. She had cursed the trip, and this storm would send them all to their deaths.
"Mayhap you should leave her behind," Dominic had suggested within her hearing, as the men moved back and forth, loading the boat. "Or we should wait until t...he storm passes." Bonnenfant shrugged the warnings off, reckless as his reputation. "If we wait for the sky to clear we could be here for days. I've crossed in far worse weather than this. And no, I'm not leaving her. She comes with me." Vivienne wished he said those last few sentences with even a little tenderness, but his tone was curt and he did not look at her. She was simply another item to be loaded on the boat, another burden. He left her tied up with the barrels, the last to be taken aboard.MoreLess
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