BooksBarbecue
Back Sea of Ruin
Chapters (64)
  1. Cover
  2. Copyright
  3. Author's Note
  4. Dedication
  5. Epigraph
  6. 1
  7. 2
  8. 3
  9. 4
  10. 5
  11. 6
  12. 7
  13. 8
  14. 9
  15. 10
  16. 11
  17. 12
  18. 13
  19. 14
  20. 15
  21. 16
  22. 17
  23. 18
  24. 19
  25. 20
  26. 21
  27. 22
  28. 23
  29. 24
  30. 25
  31. 26
  32. 27
  33. 28
  34. 29
  35. 30
  36. 31
  37. 32
  38. 33
  39. 34
  40. 35
  41. 36
  42. 37
  43. 38
  44. 39
  45. 40
  46. 41
  47. 42
  48. 43
  49. 44
  50. 45
  51. 46
  52. 47
  53. 48
  54. 49
  55. 50
  56. 51
  57. 52
  58. 53
  59. 54
  60. 55
  61. 56
  62. Other Books by Pam Godwin
  63. About Pam Godwin
  64. Don't miss out!

Slashing and thrusting, I hacked down every slave trader in my path. In my periphery, Priest and Ashley maintained a protective circle around me. I couldn’t fault them for that. I was protecting them, too.

At last, the pained cries of our enemies fell quiet. My crew stood amid the dead bodies, chests heaving, and blades dripping with blood. I searched the corpses and found no familiar faces.

“We’re all accounted for?” I bent at the waist, trying to catch my breath.

“Aye, Captain.” Jobah wiped his dagger on his trousers.

“To the hold, then! Get those men out of irons! Make haste!”

As if I could magically sense them, my gaze shifted to the starboard bow. Priest and Ashley leaned against the gunwale, watching me. Both had traded their shirts for cuts and bruises. Muscles layered upon muscles, flawlessly honed, beneath soot and sweat.

The battle looked good on them. More than good.

I strolled toward them, picking my way through the bodies and dodging the low-burning fire of a fallen sail. Reaching Priest first, I dragged his whiskered face to mine and kissed him hungrily, needing his closeness. I needed them both, needed to taste their breaths, their proof of life, upon my tongue.

My hand found Ashley’s beside me, and he drew us to him. With a grip in my hair and his other on Priest’s neck, he kissed us, one after the other, deeply, openly, without shame or quarter.

I loved them more because they loved each other. What we had was rare. We were magic. No one understood it, and nothing could touch it. I would protect it with my life.

At length, the kiss melted into peaceful smiles, and we turned toward the bow, facing the shoreline of St. Christopher in the distance.

Sugar cane stretched inland beyond the sand, and amid those fields were enslaved men and women, working their bodies to the bone.

“We’re going to free them.” Ashley pulled me close and kissed my head.

“I believe you.”

“The three of us together cannot be stopped.” A savage glint lit in Priest’s eyes. “We’re an exquisite force of destruction.”

I couldn’t agree more.

Love prevailed, not in the windless calm of life, but in the ruin.

———————————————————————

Do you want to read how Priest and Bennett met?

Check out their short story, KING OF LIBERTINES.

It’s available in the AUSTRALIA anthology.

AUSTRALIA

A romance anthology with over THIRTY original, never-before-seen stories from bestselling and award-winning authors.

Each piece was written for this anthology to benefit firefighters and wildlife in Australia.

Only available until May 4, 2020

CLICK HERE

100% of the royalties will be donated to relief funds in Australia.

Other Books by Pam Godwin

LOVE TRIANGLE ROMANCE

TANGLED LIES TRILOGY

One is a Promise-FREE

Two is a Lie

Three is a War

DARK COWBOY ROMANCE

TRAILS OF SIN

Knotted #1-FREE

Buckled #2

Booted #3

DARK ROMANCE / ANTIHEROES

DELIVER SERIES

Deliver (#1)-FREE

Vanquish (#2)

Disclaim (#3)

Devastate (#4)

Take (#5)

Manipulate (#6)

Unshackle (#7)