”“I’m very glad,” Violet said. “Wouldn’t want to fly beside a corpse.”He laughed.“Yeah, that would be inconvenient. My boss would be v...ry disappointed. I have to go all the way to Europe to make sure his new wine supplier is above board.”“Oh.” Violet smiled politely. “I didn't know Austrians made wine.”“Oh, it's pretty famous. Mostly white. Anyway, why’re you travelling?” he asked. “Family?”“Actually, I’m going to surprise my fiancé,” Violet felt faintly proud of herself, like it was a. ‘We lash them till they can barely stand, then send them down the gangplank to give the sharks a treat.’ Captain Prince left a beat of silence during which he smirked, revealing a prominent gold tooth, at Kit’s stricken face. ‘Of course,’ murmured Prince, his lips disconcertingly close to Kit’s ear, ‘I would never use the cat o’ nine tails on a woman.’ Kit froze, barely daring to breathe. Goddamn him, how could he look at this grubby bag of rags and see femininity? ‘I’m not a woman,’ gritted. If I chose to be friendly with Rocky and the rest of them, I would be and there was nothing he could do about it. My father didn’t like the idea at all, and my sister said I’d probably finish up an unmarried mother or something. But I’d like to make it plain to everybody who reads this that I’d never had any of Rocky’s friends say or do anything that could remotely be construed as a sexual advance to me at any time I’d been there. Yes, there were odd occasions when the boys did make veiled. Carol was watching him, grinning but shaking her head. “She must be something.”“Eh,” Doug asked, confused by her comment.“According to JJ, you were a Ranger and badass, but you are sweating after talking to a girl. She must really be something.” She said, shrugging but looking at him from the corner of her eye as she pretended to examine the Coonan she was holding.“And how,” Doug said softly, mostly to himself.Just after seven that evening, Carol placed the last pistol in the safe, stacking the.