Steel
“Her call would carry over the water, and whoever was holding the lantern would escape before anyone reached the spot. Jill jumped from her perch and ran as well as she could, sliding in the sand, following the edge of the forest.
“Tadpole?” Abe said as she came around behind the camp.
“There’s someone with a lantern out there,” she said. Abe got up and signaled, and he and a couple of the pirates followed her, pistols in hand.
As she reached the end of the cover, the light was still there, and ...she could see the figure of the man holding the lantern.
It was Emory, the surgeon. She recognized his silhouette by the shape of his clothes and the rough cut of his hair.
“Hey,” she said.
Quickly, he turned around and slammed closed the shutter on the lantern.
“Signaling your navy friends, eh?” Abe said, and he didn’t sound surprised. He might even have been amused.
Emory straightened. Jill couldn’t see his expression clearly but imagined him frowning. “You can’t slip by them forever.MoreLess
“Tadpole?” Abe said as she came around behind the camp.
“There’s someone with a lantern out there,” she said. Abe got up and signaled, and he and a couple of the pirates followed her, pistols in hand.
As she reached the end of the cover, the light was still there, and ...she could see the figure of the man holding the lantern.
It was Emory, the surgeon. She recognized his silhouette by the shape of his clothes and the rough cut of his hair.
“Hey,” she said.
Quickly, he turned around and slammed closed the shutter on the lantern.
“Signaling your navy friends, eh?” Abe said, and he didn’t sound surprised. He might even have been amused.
Emory straightened. Jill couldn’t see his expression clearly but imagined him frowning. “You can’t slip by them forever.MoreLess
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