Justified Treason (Endless Horizon Pirate Stories, Book 1) Read Online Free PDF

me comment before he grumbled, “Those wealthy bastards that want that precious dye from them ugly trees can get out thar ‘n chop it themselves. Thar’s somethin’ more in the seas for me, matey. I actually been lookin’ to go on account if’n yer crew be needin’ a carpenter.”
    “Morley does like to keep a well able crew, and we just lost our carpenter in that last storm. I believe he’s been rounding up a few new hands.”
    Alden ran his hand through his beard as he inquired, “Morley ye say? I hear he has been stirrin’ up enough trouble in port for the governor to take note o’ him.”
    I wasn’t much surprised, but I had no mind to deepen me disaster by spreading dissension ‘bout me captain.
    Just then a man walked in the door and I noticed the light of day surrounding his silhouette was no longer painfully blinding. Rather than attempting to evade me shitten thoughts ‘bout Morley, I raised me mug to Alden’s and chugged the last of me ale before I bid him a good eve.
    The gold and red colors of sunset were still bright enough to make me squint as I walked out the door, but I caught me focus and headed along the beach to go see Charlotte. By the time I came upon her father’s property, the sun was just touching the water’s edge, so I found a hidden cove to wait at until the night coated the sky. I sat on a rock and took a drink of me rum as I filtered through me duffle to be sure I still had all me supplies. My compass and spyglass were in me bag, me two flintlock pistols and patch box were holstered in me leather belt, and me various daggers were stashed in place.
    I used the red sash I wore around me waist to polish me prize cutlass, and with the sound of the rolling waves billowing in the background, I thought about my intentions with Charlotte. Though I had been with women all over the world, I had never spent time with a lady of high regard, and she was far more enticing than I expected her to be. I was just as attracted to her lady like demeanor, as I was drawn to her insistent curiosity, but considering her social status, I wasn’t quite sure how to handle me desire for her.
    Her interest in me was as unexpected as the intensity of me interest in her, and the unusually significant attraction that she triggered in me soul had me thinkin’ I should head back to town to avoid the trouble that could arise from her mystic allure. Yet I let me desire get the best of me and decided to go see her again. She was pretty and I liked her, but just like every other woman I had enjoyed, I was certain I’d get over her once I sailed away.
    As soon as the heavens were dark and the stars appeared in the place of blue sky, I walked farther down the beach and scaled the sea cliff wall to reach her yard. I made me way through the bushes with a watchful eye but as soon as I saw her standing in the lantern’s light, I lost me focus.
    The perfect curls of her golden hair dangled over the shoulder of her white nightgown, and the chest line of her dress was low enough for me to admire the fullness of her breasts. The dress flowed smoothly across the length of her slender body, and the slight curve of her hips was accentuated through the thin fabric. Her body kindled a flame of desire in me senses, and the features of her face seemed to arouse me just as much. She was pretty as the sunset.
    Realizing how I was watching her from the bushes like some dastardly rogue, I snapped out of me trance and continued along the path. I climbed up the large Poinciana tree near her window, draped me rope over a branch, and swung over to her deck. I swiftly pulled the rope in and casually stuffed it in me bag as if I had just walked in the door, and she laughed at my elaborate entrance before she threw herself into me arms and hugged me with an intensity I hadn’t expected.
    I squeezed her just as tightly and teased at her hair with me hand. She smelled so good I didn’t want to let her go, but she backed off, looked up at me