Ravensblood Forest Queen Anne's Revenge

Her words infuriated him. "Shoulda stood down when I offered peace the first time, aye?" scathing, biting. "Yer kids ain't mine and they ain't my responsibility. If somethin' turns out wrong with 'em, that's on you." How dare she accuse him when it was she who'd rebelled! Nox knew very little about children and their development, nor how delicate a gravid mother was, and perhaps that would be his downfall. But the captain was nothing if not a greedy bastard and as far as he was concerned, this was not his mess to fix.

Still seething, he was glad then for Meredith's distraction. "Fine, take her. Get her outta my sight." He'd settle only once the red bitch brought him a fine catch. Dipping his head in finality towards the First Mate, he stalked bristling from the cave and back to his quarters to stew.