![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Dec. 11th, 2011
The Price of War - Chapter Two
Dec. 11th, 2011 12:43 amBook One: The Price of War
Chapter Two
( A roar of laughter came from the table of the small tavern in Gibraltar where the senior warrant officers of the newly docked Virtue with her new second lieutenant and acting lieutenant. )
The Price of War - Chapter Three
Dec. 11th, 2011 12:54 amBook One: The Price of War
Chapter Three
( The wardroom provided a very different atmosphere than the midshipman’s berth, Edward quickly learned. )
The Price of War - Chapter Six
Dec. 11th, 2011 01:11 amBook One: The Price of War
Chapter Six
( Being before three superior officers-- two senior post-captains and one commodore-- made Edward nearly shake in his chair. )
The Price of War - Chapter Seven
Dec. 11th, 2011 01:17 amBook One: The Price of War
Chapter Seven
( Edward Burr stood on the dock in Gibraltar, staring at the empty hull that was Virtue. )
The Price of War - Chapter Eight
Dec. 11th, 2011 01:23 amBook One: The Price of War
Chapter Eight
( News of Jenner’s death, Clay’s disappearance, and the timing of the departure of the merchant ships sped through Gibraltar. )</lj-cut
The Price of War - Chapter Nine
Dec. 11th, 2011 01:31 amBook One: The Price of War
Chapter Nine
( Charlotte ran her fingers through Edward’s hair. )
The Price of War - Chapter Ten
Dec. 11th, 2011 01:35 amBook One: The Price of War
Chapter Ten
( Spitfire glided along, making her way north-by-northeast. )
The Price of War - Chapter Eleven
Dec. 11th, 2011 01:44 amBook One: The Price of War
Chapter Eleven
( When Spitfire reached Portsmouth, Edward felt a keen sense of disappointment. )
The Price of War - Chapter Thirteen
Dec. 11th, 2011 01:57 amBook One: The Price of War
Chapter Thirteen
( Edward Burr stepped onto the main deck of the French corvette Coeur de Lion. )
The Price of War - Chapter Fourteen
Dec. 11th, 2011 02:01 amBook One: The Price of War
Chapter Fourteen
( The corner table of the tavern provided some modicum of privacy for the two officers. )
The Price of War - Chapter Fifteen
Dec. 11th, 2011 02:09 amBook One: The Price of War
Chapter Fifteen
( For three weeks, the London-held officers of Spitfire lived in relative quiet. )
The Price of War - Chapter Sixteen
Dec. 11th, 2011 02:17 amBook One: The Price of War
Chapter Sixteen
( The forty-gun Revelation felt strange under Edward’s feet. )
The Price of War - Chapter Seventeen
Dec. 11th, 2011 02:23 amBook One: The Price of War
Chapter Seventeen
( The crew of the Nymphe had fought hard. )
The Price of War - Chapter Eighteen
Dec. 11th, 2011 02:27 amBook One: The Price of War
Chapter Eighteen
( Black knocked at the door of the captain’s cabin and entered when Edward called for him. )
The Price of War - Chapter Nineteen
Dec. 11th, 2011 02:31 amBook One: The Price of War
Chapter Nineteen
( Edward heard four bells in the middle watch without truly waking. )
The Price of War - Chapter Twenty
Dec. 11th, 2011 02:42 amBook One: The Price of War
Chapter Twenty
( Two days became three, and the coast appeared on the horizon. )
The Price of War - Chapter Twenty-One
Dec. 11th, 2011 02:48 amBook One: The Price of War
Chapter Twenty-One
( Hours later, Edward sat at the writing desk in the room he had rented. )
The Price of War - Chapter Twenty-Two
Dec. 11th, 2011 02:56 amBook One: The Price of War
Chapter Twenty-Two
( Edward had never set foot on a seventy-four-gun ship of war. )
The Price of War - Chapter Twenty-Three
Dec. 11th, 2011 03:05 amBook One: The Price of War
Chapter Twenty-Three
( The days spent sailing from Gibraltar to Alexandria might as well have been years. )
The Price of War - Chapter Twenty-Four
Dec. 11th, 2011 03:15 amBook One: The Price of War
Chapter Twenty-Four
( 'Bellerophone,' a voice bellowed to answer the call of 'Swiftsure'’s captain, Benjamin Hallowell, 'going out of action disabled.' )
The Price of War - Chapter Twenty-Five
Dec. 11th, 2011 03:23 amBook One: The Price of War
Chapter Twenty-Five
( Edward woke to the stench of blood and sweat. )
The Price of War - Chapter Twenty-Six
Dec. 11th, 2011 03:30 amBook One: The Price of War
Chapter Twenty-Six
( The innkeeper in Gibraltar embraced Edward as if he were the prodigal son returned. )