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    Ali's Journey Home: Ravenswood Manor, #4
    Ali's Journey Home: Ravenswood Manor, #4
    Ali's Journey Home: Ravenswood Manor, #4
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    Ali's Journey Home: Ravenswood Manor, #4

    By Beverly Kovatch

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    Follow Ali as she journeys into the past with the notorious pirate Captain Moreland. Slowly Captain Moreland reveals the truth about Masterson Ravenswood and his lost love Lizzie. As  Ali begins to put all the pieces together she realizes that there is a bigger connection that ties her and the ghostly Captain, and it involves some deep family secrets.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBeverly Kovatch
    Release dateFeb 2, 2019
    ISBN9781386850373
    Ali's Journey Home: Ravenswood Manor, #4
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    Beverly Kovatch

    This Author is about as unknown as one can become. She sometimes lives in the past, sometimes in the future, sometimes right in the middle of the present. Her mind wanders from what was to what is to what could be. That is the power of the written and spoken word. There are so many opportunities for so many people, and she wonders why no one seems to seek them out. She lives on a farm in what was once a vast farmland area. A few people still believe in farming, but each year, there seem to be fewer and fewer of them. This past year, it appears that the moral background of the world is rapidly disappearing. It takes hard work to be a farmer nowadays. It is a lot easier to sit back and watch others do it. People have taken this place we call home for granted. The pandemic threw us all for a loop, but it also made some realize that unless we fight for what we believe in, our country, the one we all grew up in, could be lost. It took hard work and determination for us to be where we are, and all of it started with a small dream. You see, everything in life begins with a dream. This Author once dreamt she could one day write a book that others might enjoy reading, and here she is. She has written not one book but more than twenty books. Some people dream of owning just a small piece of land, owning their own little business, raising their families in a free land, a place where we are allowed to say what we feel in our hearts, fight for what we believe in, worship at the church of our choice. These past few years have taught this Author that there is power in our words. Once our words are silenced, we have given up one of our most treasured rights. It is my hope, my dream, that the power that you, my readers, have within you will never be silenced. The dreams you hold inside will always be fulfilled, and that you will always and forever … Keep on Dreaming!

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      Ali's Journey Home - Beverly Kovatch

      Chapter 1

      The water was icy cold , and black as night as Ali hung on for her life. Her hands tightly clasped around the waist of the Captain. He fought against the dark raging waves. He had no idea that Ali was clinging to him fearfully praying that he was strong enough to save them both from a watery death.  In Ali’s fear she called out Jeremiah’s name, but the captain did not hear her cries. He just kept swimming knowing that if he didn’t make it to the shore this would be the end, and he would not have his life end like this. He had Lizzie and Matthew waiting for him, depending on him to return, and the one thing that he could not do was let them down.

      I am so sorry Jeremiah she whispered.  I know that everything that happened was not your fault. These past weeks have caused me to take a good look at myself, and I know only one thing. I will do everything I can to get back to you. I love you.

      She closed her eyes to the raging waters trying to imagine sitting by the fire with Jeremiah next to her. Her anger was gone and only the need to feel him next to her remained.

      I am not sure what I have to do to return. I can only imagine that I am here because there is something I have to accomplish first. She cried out to the sky above, hoping that her voice could be heard above the storm. I hope you can hear me Jeremiah I love you.

      She opened her eyes, her arms still tightly wrapped around the captain. There it was she blinked her eyes.  It was as if the island appeared suddenly out of nowhere.

      Look Captain, there’s something ahead in the dark. Don’t you see it? she said to him even though she knew that he could not hear her voice.

      I think I see something ahead. He said to himself as he coaxed himself to keep swimming. His arms were tired, but he would make it to that island. He had too much at stake.

      He would get back at Moreland for all his lies. He would head home to Lizzie and Matthew, and he would never leave them again.

      An icy death was not in his plan, and falling off his ship in a storm was definitely not how he pictured his life ending. He always knew that there was a chance he would go down with his ship and crew, but not this way. His imagination always had him fighting to the death before ending up in the sea. Anger raged inside of him as he kept swimming. I will not give up Lizzie. I will see you and Matthew again.

      He would do everything to survive, and he could only hope that his ship would also make it to shore. With Moreland at the helm he knew their likelihood of surviving was much greater. He and his crew would make it he kept telling himself. He would meet up with them, and then have it out once and for all with John J.

      All these years how could he have kept this dark secret from him?

      He had to be lying to him. John J Moreland could not be his real father, but why would he lie about something like that?

      Why would Moreland let such a man as Jonathan Ravenswood raise him and never interfere? It was just not John J’s style. There had to be another reason but what was it?

      He thought about all the times John J had watched while his father beat and berated him and did nothing but stand by and watch. If he were truly his son how could he have stood and not interfered?  This was not the John J. Moreland that he had grown to know. The John J. he knew would have killed the likes of Jonathan Ravenswood for less than that. The question that haunted him most was if what John J, said was true than why did his own mother go along with this deception? John J had to be lying, but what did he have to gain from all of this? 

      Look Captain, the beach is just ahead. We can make it. Please keep swimming.  Ali whispered in his ear shivering from the cold icy waters.

      One thing she was sure of was that if they didn’t make it to shore soon they would both die from hypothermia. She did not want her life to end out here in the cold ocean waters with no one ever knowing what happened to her.

      Can you see it Captain? It’s just ahead. Keep swimming, please keep swimming. She urged him on wondering if he was seeing the same thing she saw.

      Thank God, he whispered. Salvation is ahead, and once I reach land I will get my bearings, and everything will be all right. he whispered to himself.

      A little farther Masterson he spoke out loud trying to convince himself that he could make it to the shoreline.

      You got this Captain Ali prayed with her eyes closed. She knew the captain would do everything he could to rescue them both from the icy seas.

      He finally reached an area where his feet touched the ground.

      He struggled with the waves now pushing him around like a rag-doll, but he continued to fight until he fell exhausted on the beach. He lay there breathing deeply allowing his body to swallow up the heat that the sand was generating.

      Ali took a deep breath as she finally let go of the captain.

      You did it Captain, you saved us. Our future is safe all because of you. I love you Captain Masterson Ravenswood. You are the best.

      He lay there cursing the storm above, and thinking only of the sweet revenge he would get once he got his hands on John J.

      I will find you John J, and you will have to answer for all of this. He yelled out to the sky above. He lay on the sand for a while before he finally sat up. His arms were aching and his neck was stiff. The hard rain had diminished, and was now floating down like a soft mist across the beach.

      The winds had died down, and the worst of the storm was over, but the storm building up inside of him was just beginning. 

      Well Masterson he said talking to himself. I guess I better make some shelter since I don’t know how long I will be here before a ship comes looking if one ever does.

      Ali laid on the beach her hands grasping the warm sands running it through her fingers. She was wondering if Captain Moreland was going to pull her back to his ship this time, or if he was planning on leaving her here abandoned with the Captain. What about Lizzie?

      This news of the captain’s disappearance would be devastating for her. She would have no way of knowing he was still alive. If she finds out that the Captain fell overboard and wasn’t returning what would she do?  She would leave of course, but where would she go, and would she ever find out he was still alive? They were going to have to get off this island. The Captain had to get back to Lizzie.

      What do we need to do first? Ali asked as she lay in the sand. After all she had never been lost on a deserted island before. She suddenly realized that she had no skills whatsoever to handle this kind of situation. She knew it was silly for her to even ask after all the Captain couldn’t see or hear her. This was a funny twist she thought. Here she was now the silent ghostly figure watching him while he was the real person living out his life, not even knowing she was there with him. She wondered if there was some way that she could reveal her presence to him. Lizzie was able to see her so why not him?

      I should gather some firewood first I guess. Set up a fire on the beach and maybe with any luck a passing ship will come by and rescue me. He was talking out loud as if he heard her question.

      It made her wonder if he had silently done that to her at the mansion.

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