Re: The Dark Amazon
The basis for Peter Pan favored McCurdy with a sour look, Hawksmoore's stock in trade. "Yes, thank you so very much," was the bitter response. "How d'y'think I've felt for 400 years ?" At McCurdy's comment on the redhead, he rolled his eyes. "Ringrose's gone ahead," he said. "He doubtless recalls the shortcut. De Vega, may the devil he serves take him, is behind us, I think. He has never failed to get to the Fountain on time though, I grant him that...but we don't reach neutral ground for some time. He'd cheerfully chop me into bits if he had the opportunity." And McCurdy guessed that the lad would do the same to de Vega.
At Brother Clary's comment, and McCurdy's response, the boy uttered an oath. "S'teeth ! I am not thy bloody servant !" But he got to his feet, scowling mightily, his boots pointed toward the town again. Apparently there was some sense of honour to the youth, albeit a pirate's code. Liza was now telling the other men what to do, something she seemed to be able to handle well enough - rather like being whipped with a pretty silk and pearl bullwhip.
Hawksmoore set off, this time keeping off the main streets, and being much more careful to look before he went. McCurdy didn't see anything amiss, and Hawksmoore's attention was taken by a disturbance by the church - two women and a man talking to the old preacher - but Brother Clary saw a flash of red hair heading down a side-alley near the hotel, with a man in black.
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"Ah, Senorita, if only you understood that Mr. Ringrose had done you a good turn," de Vega said in that silky voice. He didn't seem to even register the insults. "Now you will come with me; we have a long journey to make." He seized her arm, snake-fast, and hauled her from the room, propelling her along in front of him. He was strong, surprisingly so, and he was forcing her along as if her protests were inconsequential. Just as he dragged her around the corner into a narrow alleyway, she saw someone familiar - Sebastian Hawksmoore, and it could be those two Americans with him.
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