By Sandra Dubay
ISBN-10: 058530680X
ISBN-13: 9780585306803
ISBN-10: 0843929367
ISBN-13: 9780843929362
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What sort of woman could she be? China remembered the trollops who lived on New Providence island, blowsy, hard women, toughened by the rough, often dangerous existence they eked out on the pirate isle. China could not picture one of them writing the letter she held in her hand. Except for the merchants and their clerks and the sons or daughters of the nobility, there were few who could read and write. China doubted that one in a hundred of the women she'd glimpsed on the pirate stronghold could do more than make a distinctive mark that passed for their signature.
He muttered. "Damn! Damn! " He punctuated his words with sharp blows of his fist against the window jamb. He cursed himself for having left her alone, but how was he to know that she would be so stupidor so boldas to brave the wild, storm-swept forest by night? Page 49 Four The storm broke overhead as China stumbled blindly through the black tangle of the forest. Frightened by the blinding flashes of lightning, deafened by the crashing bursts of thunder, she went on and on. Her skirts grew sodden and heavy, her hair trailed in lank, dripping skeins over her head and shoulders, her face and arms were lashed by branches, her feet in their thin, soaked slippers were bruised by rocks and fallen limbs littering the floor of the forest.
Though she'd vowed never to speak to him again, the change in their surroundings meant that certain questions had to be asked and, hopefully, answered. " she wanted to know, standing only near enough to feel the warmth of the fire. "Keep you here," he replied. " "You could," she disagreed. " he countered. " The last two words were said with a cold harshness that stung China. Swearing he would not see how they hurt her, she turned her back to him. " she ventured. "I could not risk believing you," he replied quietly, his leaf green eyes following the tumble of shining silver curls to that slender waist he'd caressed on the night he'd made her hate him.