For days now I have been at my desk tryng to finish this book of mine because it is so close to the deadline. My publisher has been on the phone three times already asking when the final draft will be ready. I have spent the last three days right here in this office except for when I went to the kitchen for more coffee and a couple times to refresh my self.
I think the captain is hiding. He hasn't been around for the last three days. I think he knows that I am not in the mood for any visitors now. I have even taken the phone off of the hook.
Thankfully this is the last chapter and this book is done. Then I can start on the one I really want to do. The legend of this mansion and its captain. I have gathered so much information already but I will need more. I have to fill in the gaps so to speak. There all done and ready to go to the post office in the morning. I will just call the office and tell them that it is on its way.
Now for a nice shower and change of clothes and a relaxing day. There is still plenty of day left for me to enjoy.
Standing on the verenda looking out at the fields of lavendar, it is so beautiful it is hard to describe. Rolls and rolls of the most beautiful colors all in a row. Gorgous!!
The deep blue water of the cove and the sailboats weaving in and out of the harbor such a relaxing and wonderful sight.
"Well, is it safe to come in now lass?", the captain said. I must have jumped a foot because I didn't hear him come in. "Ha! Ha!"He threw his head back and laughed as he reached out and grabbed me so that I wouldn't fall off the verenda. His hands around my waist felt so good. I just looked into those mischievous eyes as they danced in his head. How wonderful this man was. So tall and broad and yet gentle and kind. So polite but I wouldn't want to be in his path if I had done wrong to him. He is very capable of taking care of himself and all under him.
"Now, lass,"he said. "How would you like to come with me to a special place and I will tell you another story for your book?".
I nodded my head as I went to the desk to get a notebook and some pencils to take with me. I looked back at him and noticed that he had a picnic basket in his hand and he gestured toward the door with his head and a big smile on his face.
We settled down on the top of a cliff were we could see the cove below and the fields of flowers. What a beautiful spot he had picked out for our picnic. As he spread the blanket and started taking things out of the basket he had brought he began to tell me his story. I sat down and started to write.
He looked over at me and smiled."Now lass this is the way it happened, so many years ago, but to me it is like yesterday." "We were sailing home from India with our cargo of fine silk and spices when we came upon a pirate ship off our port side. "They were going full sail and catching up on us so I told the men to get the cannon ready and prepare for battle should they try to board us."
I looked up at him in awe, he said these words like this was an ordinary thing that happened. But his face was taunt and his lips tight. No this was no ordinary day.
"We came side by side and I ordered my man to fire their cannon and be prepared to board if necessary." "You can imagine the battle that took place, on both sides men fell and we finally jumped over to their ship and I managed to grab their captain." "I put my knife to his throat and yelled to his man to put their weapons down or I would slit his throat."
I gasped and put my hand to my throat. He wouldn't. he couldn't. But then again this ship attacked his.
"Well, when they saw that their captain was taken, they dropped their weapons and my man gathered them up and we put them in the hold of their ship." " The captain was taken aboard our ship and put in the hold there, separated from his man." "I left a crew aboard his ship to sail it to port with us and we began the journey back home again"
I asked what happened to those men and that ship that he had taken. He told me that when they got to port he handed them over to the constable and he took the ship as a reward for capturing these criminals. He had the ship taken to his shipyards and he had it restored and repaired and used it for many years going across the oceans.
We sat on the blanket and talked and laughed and the day turned into dusk and then night. It is so beautiful looking at the cove in the moonlight. He looks so wonderful in the moonlight. His dark wavey long hair shines and glistens in the fading light. He has a musky scent that he wears and it drifts over with the breeze in the trees. I look at him and can only think of Adonis. A God. How could I be so lucky to have him here.
He must have read my thoughts for he turned and looked at me so seriously. His jet black eyes staring into mine. He leaned over and cupped my neck with his hand and pulled my head closer to him. Still looking directly into my eyes he gently kissed my lips once and then fluttered over them again and again., I sighed and closed my eyes. He drew me closer and I wrapped my arms around his neck as he took the kiss deeper. It was as if the world stood still and there was just him and I . Even the sounds of the surf and water seemed to still. I don't know how long we kissed, but then he gently let me go and stood up.
"Time for us to go back lass, it is getting chilly and I don't want you getting ill."He said'
He picked up the blanket and put the things back into the basket as I stood there watching him running my fingers over my lips.
We started back up the cliff and he held out his hand to me and smiled that beautiful smile of his. We walked silently back to the mansion and he opened the door for me and walked past me into the kitchen . I stood there just watching him walk away as if this was what we did every day. When he got to the kitchen at the end of the hall, he turned and smiled that mischievous smile and very slowly blew me a kiss and then disappeared into the kitchen.
Exhaustion got the better of me and I went up the stairs to my room and undressed and climbed in bed. I was so tired I fell asleep immediately dreaming of purple flowers, moonlit nights on the cliff overlooking the cove and a handsome captain holding me in his arms and kissing me.
