Sirens of the Sugar Seas by Kat Blackthorne EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Kat Blackthorne
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THE GIRL
I had to get away from her. For her I would bury myself in the sand, I’d
throw myself off the tallest building, I’d tie a rock to my ankle and sink
to the bottom of the cursed ocean.
“Why do you keep touching it? My hair is nothing special, just plain old
brown. Like dirt or something filthy.” The girl I loved giggled.
Pain and indignation shot through my heart as her silky strands wove
through my fingers. “Rummy, don’t you see that it’s the same shade as the
boat dock after the fiercest of storms? The dock always survives and graces
us with the most gorgeous shade of umber. That’s what color your hair is.”
Escape. I had to escape her.
Gulls squawked overhead and the salty smell of the ocean sat heavy on
my reddening skin. Coward. I was a fucking coward. A crazy fucking
coward, I realized, as I stared down at the ship, willing my legs to move.
“I’m here to respond to the ad for a seaman,” I said to myself, willing
my voice into a gruff, unnatural tone. Sailors stayed at the inn I worked at,
and I’d memorized their tone, the way they’d walked, and often imitated
them to make Rummy laugh. But now it wasn’t for show, or to impress the
girl who didn’t love me back. No, this was my grand audition. My role?
Spineless lady sailor.
Which would work against me more, I wondered? The fact that I’d
never set foot on a boat in my life, or the tiny detail that I was a woman,
and women never sailed. I was betting it was the latter.
But I’d pulled my hair back into a tight knot at the nape of my neck,
stolen a hat, britches, boots, and a men’s shirt from the lost items at my
small seaside inn. If they didn’t look too closely, they might not notice. I
looked like a scrawny sailor boy if you didn’t look too hard and if I caved
my spin inward to hide my breasts. Shoving my hands in my pockets, I
sucked in a breath and creaked across the sandy and splintery dock.
Men bustled aboard the modestly sized sailboat. Or was it a ship? What
was the difference? Hell if I knew. Maybe it should have crossed my mind
that not knowing the answer to the most basic of sailor questions meant this
was a bad idea– but no, we’ve established that I was being a fool. A stupid,
lonely, rejected fool.
Anywhere but here. The depths of the sea, an old creaky boat, it didn’t
matter.
An old man with a long gray beard and skin that looked like sun-worn
leather squinted down at me. “What’d ya want?”
Oh, oh, this was it. Time for my line.
I’m here to respond to the ad for a seaman.
I’m here to respond to the ad for a seaman.
“I’m here for some semen!” I croaked.
Red embarrassment shocked against my cheeks as I stumbled over my
words, correcting myself, willing my tone into low self-assurance.
“Come aboard, lad,” the old man called, passing me a rope as my feet
left land.
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