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Chapter 14

“He didn’t hire me not to either.” Payne’s hot fingers released their grip on her face. “Lock her in my cabin, Jonny.”

“Abigail! Frederick!” Grace yelled her servants’ names at the top of her lungs, her fists once again pounding uselessly on the large sailor’s back.

“Don’t think dey gonna help you none, Miss Grace,” Jonny said as he carried her across the deck and down the three wooden steps to the captain’s cabin. Lifting her from his shoulder, the large man deposited her in a heap on the floor and left, locking the door with a brass key from the heavy ring he kept at his belt.