With a groan of frustration, he gently gathered her legs in his arms and maneuvered her until she was fully stretched out on the bunk. He leaned over to grab the blanket to cover her, and froze with his arms braced on either side of her as the ship suddenly seemed to pitch and roll wildly. He closed his eyes against the dizzy spell.
The world kept spinning and wobbling. As he tried to rise, a wave of nausea slammed into him. His arms trembling, he lowered himself to the bunk beside her to avoid crushing her if he collapsed.
Just a minute. Or two. He’d get off the bunk as soon as his cabin stopped spinning.
* * *
The next morning, Harriet was belaying a line after adjusting the fore mains’l when Nick first appeared on deck to check their position. As he retrieved the sextant from the ma
