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He rose fro “Let us take a stroll out back, where we can be more private and you can draw less attention”

She rose and a thrill swept over her as he slipped his arave her a squeeze as he led her out the tavern’s back door to a small stone bench

He saw her seated and sat beside her “That is better, as I am certain you would not have wanted the luncheon crowd to take note of your presence”

“Oh, no…is it that time already?” she said, momentarily distressed She would have to hurry

He lifted her chin and their eyes met as desire flared at his touch She hadn’t been stirred like this in a long time It had been months and months and then she had only a few stolen moments with one of the sturdy stable hands, which had proven inadequate to her needs

She had come to the town of Penzance with only business in ue had reminded her that she was a desirable woman, and she liked the sensation it aroused

Colin led her out the back door and through an ill-kept garden to a dirt path before he said, “Now, my lady, tell me what troubles you and how I may alleviate that trouble”

She felt his dark eyes penetrate hers and then travel over her body She liked hi about him

“Do you have men you can trust?” she asked

“I do, my sweet, I do,” he answered

“I shall require your services and those of your crew,” she said carefully “You will need to work both on land and at sea” How fitting, she thought, that Colin should have introduced hih the fates srand plan

“On land and sea? You intrigue me, beauty,” he answered, and pulled her in close

Ardor flooded through her, and she sed before she asked, “You said you have your own vessel?”

“Aye, I most certainly do and she is a fine vessel,on the mysterious sea, sweetheart,” he said, and his handthe silk covered fullness and teasing her nipple already pert and hard beneath the material “And a Captain’s quarters that can accommodate us should you like to…have additional privacy”

She kissed hilorious wave of fever fill her sex as her thighs clenched