SECOND CHANCES - Chapter 13 & Epilogue
27 May 2018Jemine Caesar
Clan Rhys’s penchant for blood and piracy grew. It was a talent the clansmen never knew they possessed, but embraced with gleeful alacrity. And always at the forefront of their most profitable raids was Sola Morgana.
The woman had come into her own, savage and beautiful and infamous. She was twenty-eight, commanding a private fleet with her warrior-mate’s blessing. In truth she was a stronger political force than he was, though her shadow hadn't darkened the council chambers in many months. Sola was no longer mated to Jyrron, it was whispered- Jyrron is mated to Sola.
For his part, Jyrron was content to strut and talk and grow even fatter on hearty food and strong wine. His was now a duel life- outward gregariousness and the heir-apparent of the patriarchy, while living an inner life of impotent self-loathing. He hadn't shared his bed with Sola for many moons, the woman spending more time on raids than at their estate on New Cambria. Neither did he keep mistresses nor entertain whores. He’d tried, recently- the attempt ending in the humiliating failure of his own flaccid flesh. Now he contented himself with position and drink.
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