Dawn and the Pirate Assassin
By April Marcom
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Dawn's a woman on the run who's just managed to escape one captor only to be taken prisoner by a band of infamous pirates. But this time it's exactly what she wanted, because they're after the late William Hollingsworth's treasure, just as she is.
Troy knows men will die in the search for this treasure. In fact, it seems an impossible task. What his men don't know is that he's captured Hollingsworth's daughter, and she might be the answer to everything.
As the two work grudgingly together, their stony hearts begin to soften and they soon discover something neither ever thought was possible: true love. Yet before their journey's through, they'll have to face three great obstacles: The Sea of Death where the dead walk among the living, a deadly dragon's cave, and their own rigid hearts.
April Marcom
April Marcom works as a substitute teacher of all grades in her local schools, but her true passion is writing. When she's not teaching or creating stories, she's enjoying the country life with her car-obsessed husband and three fabulous children. She also enjoys rainy days, traveling, and her five very rowdy dogs. April grew up a southern bell in Mississippi, but is now a proud Oklahoman.http://aprilmarcom.weebly.com
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DAWN AND THE PIRATE ASSASSIN
by April Marcom
Dawn's a woman on the run who's just managed to escape one captor only to be taken prisoner by a band of infamous pirates. But this time it's exactly what she wanted, because they're after the late William Hollingsworth's treasure, just as she is.
Troy knows men will die in the search for this treasure. In fact, it seems an impossible task. What his men don't know is that he's captured Hollingsworth's daughter, and she might be the answer to everything.
As the two work grudgingly together, their stony hearts begin to soften and they soon discover something neither ever thought was possible: true love. Yet before their journey's through, they'll have to face three great obstacles: The Sea of Death where the dead walk among the living, a deadly dragon's cave, and their own rigid hearts.
Table of Contents
Dawn and the Pirate Assassin
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
About the Author
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Chapter One
Captain Ravenheart’s Assassin
March 18, 1701
Nearly everyone slept soundly in the lovely English seaside town. Only one still wandered the streets on this night. A woman in a long pink dress with bandages covering most of the right side of her face stood hidden in the darkness cast by a bakery.
Her heart raced as she gazed out over the moonlit waters, lined at its edges with the boats that had docked there for the night. She needed to commandeer one in order to make a quick escape and there wasn’t much time left: Sunrise would soon bring the town to life and it would be discovered that she was gone. The moment this happened, all would be lost.
It was a shame her most precious possessions would be left behind, but they were certainly not worth her life.
The woman eyed the largest ship, complete with three great masts and a new shine that even midnight could not hide. She was a greedy lady and wanted to take it, but was too smart to endanger her mission for it. She knew she would have to seize something a bit smaller, something that would not be missed quite as quickly. Her eyes finally rested upon a long, slender rowboat. She doubted very much that anyone would even notice its absence.
The only problem was the pair of guards marching back and forth on the dock in front of the boats, swords at their waists and guns at their shoulders. Killing them wasn’t an option: it would have only brought attention to her disappearance sooner. Instead, she needed a distraction.
She thought first of setting the bakery beside her to fire, but then a dark shape caught her eye on the horizon. A vessel so massive it had to be either a battleship or pirates. She hoped desperately for the latter, because the first would make escape impossible, while pirates would probably provide enough destruction and pillaging that no one would even notice that she and the small watercraft had disappeared into the night.
Suddenly, killing the guards didn’t seem like such an impossibility.
* * *
The water parted noiselessly as the ship slid through it.
Already, well-armed men were climbing aboard rowboats and being lowered into the ocean, the quicker to get to shore. A specially crafted boat built for speed had been sent ahead. The assassin it carried would cut down any men left to guard the shore. Captain Ravenheart had no doubt of this success.
There was no light to be seen anywhere in Fingleton when they dropped anchor. As long as his men were quick, and they always were, the small village should be an easy target.
The Fingleton bank was all they were really there for, anyway. It was rumored to hold a map taken from the great pirate William Hollingsworth, who’d been hanged in a neighboring town only weeks before. Hollingsworth was a man Ravenheart envied greatly. Soon, however, that would all change, because he planned to use this map to inherit the untold riches of the deceased.
Captain Ravenheart walked to the edge of his ship and took in a deep breath of salty sea air. A cool breeze thrust his graying hair over his shoulders as he tightened his fist, wincing with the pain of his well-aged bones.
The years were catching up with him and, though he kept it to himself, he was nearly ready to retire to a quiet island where he could live out the rest of his days free of danger and smelly seafaring men. He’d loved every minute of the last thirty or so years that he’d spent pirating the seven seas, but a man needed to know when he’d had enough, though few could accept that their time is ever over. Ravenheart knew that his time had passed, or was coming close to ending. He wouldn’t be able to rest easy, though, until he had Hollingsworth’s treasure.
He would have to pass his hat off to one of his men eventually. Troy was the obvious choice, having proven himself as capable