Page 32 of Pirate's Intent
Taken by Sin
SkyPurington
Prologue
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NewProvidenceIsland,TheBahamas
Nassau
1717
LUKE CROSSED HIS ARMSover his chest and eyed the rings and ropes at the head of his bed with anticipation, already envisioning his captive there. She would writhe and beg him for more, regretting she had ever taunted him. She would rue all her ruthless flirtation and finally pay the consequences of her actions.
“Cap’n,” Robert called out. “Yer brother’s waitin.’”
“Aye then.” He joined his quartermaster on deck. “I will send word once I know the plan.”
Robert nodded and clapped him on the shoulder. “Wishin’ ye luck, Cap’n.” He winked. “And treasure ye’ve long been seekin.’”
“No luck needed,” he grunted. “She’ll be mine by nightfall.”
He joined Thomas ashore, and flirted with a wench in passing before his brother’s quartermaster, Charles, confirmed the McCullen sisters’ arrival. One was being brought to the brothel, and the other auctioned off by Blackbeard.
“Why is he selling her?” Luke frowned. “Usually, women end up in the brothel.”
“Seems one of ‘em did.” Charles tapped his temple. “The other ain’t so bright. Deaf, dumb, and mute, they say.” He shrugged. “So they're seein' what they can get for her.” He shook his head. “They didn’t even have a chaperone, so the crew might’ve already had a run at ‘em.”
Luke clenched his jaw. He would kill any who touched them.
Her.
Rather then dwell on uncertainties, he focused on what he knew. An easy deduction based on what Charles had just said about one of the sisters supposedly being mute.
Blackbeard was selling Rose to be sure.
