“What did I do to you?”
His invitation here is what threw him off. It was the dock attendant’s slip of that tongue that should have warned him it was purposeful… all of it planned to get me to this point…
“Personally?” Susanna replied. “Nothing, but you’ve made powerful enemies while making a name for yourself. Some of which angered my client…”
That confirmed his suspicions, which ought to make his heart sink. However, that did not account for him bleeding out, forcing his heart to beat harder to compensate.
Disclaimer: This excerpt from Man of War is currently in development. There may be typos, errors, omissions, inconsistencies and so forth.
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