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Chapter Sixty-Nine
A Ship on the Horizon
Conal O’Brien braced his hands wide along the rail and leaned forward, letting his head drop. “Uncle Fynn must have suspected you were sired by my father. It was probably why he wanted to meet with Commodore Grey, to confirm it.” He gave Keelan a sideways glance. “The Commodore told us he didn’t know Fynn, but thinking back on it, neither Hart nor I felt he was being entirely forthright.”
Keelan wasn’t sure what to say. While she was euphoric because the search for her father’s identity was completed so quickly, Conal had to deal with his obvious anger toward the man as well as his desire to protect his mother.
He shook his head. “If ye hadn’t had the ring, I wouldna of believed ye. My da has always worshipped my mum. I canna believe he…” He
