Ameer, the perfect prince of the kingdom or so everyone thought. He appears as the golden boy of the isles but inside he is not as light. He has a secret that could change everything and he has successfully kept this secret for as long as he could r...
"Come on, it's almost midmorning" Oh shit. I've got to run. But then as I sit up I see Sorin next to me and damn!
"Fuck, my father is going to kill me" I say as I put on a shirt and pants.
"I hope your joking" I internally roll my eyes
"No" Then without waiting for an answer I jump out the window onto the street below and start to run.
As I'm running my gaze drifts out onto the water and I wonder what Sorin is thinking about my haphazard answer. It was the truth, my father is going to kill me, this is the third time in a row that I've not been in my room at night. But what was I going to do, Sorin was there after every fight so, technically, it was his fault and he is the one to b-
Wait, Photia's ship is still in the harbour that means so is he. I don my coat to keep people seeing my tattoos and quickly pull it back to make my eyes blue. I silently walk down the back streets to the docks. Suddenly there is movement and I quickly hide behind a barrel stack.
"Where have you been" says a female voice.
"None of your business" snaps another male voice
"But" Protests the girl
"You forget your place" The man says and I could feel the girl shrink back.
"Yes captain" says the captain! I turn around quietly as they keep talking. I manage to look through a mall hole between two barrels and see who it is. The girl has her back to me and the captain is too tall to see his features, so I listen back in to the conversation.
"But what are we doing here, this is you-know-who's place" Says the girl, what problem does she have with my father?
"Because of the ball, Isabel" The haunting ball, one of the most popular events of the year, what would he want with that, all it is are nobles prancing around and many more girls trying to get me.
"But as I said, you-know-who will be on guard the whole time" That was incorrect, my father will be out drunk within the first half-hour.
"I must take this risk, he is the only one, I will not work with anyone else" work?? And how would my father help anyone.
"Yeah, I know, the great prince, the only one that has wounded the pride of the great pirate Photia" Great, time for another fight. Sneaking around behind the pair using it to keep quiet. I position myself in a space where I can see them both clearly. Using it again to knock out the girl. And the golden eyed pirate looks right at me.
"Well look who finally decided to show" Photia leans forward, looking right at me, "thanks for getting rid of her, she was getting very annoying"
"I didn't kill her, if that's what you mean." He sighs and looks at me.
"Shame, she needs to learn her place"
"I'm surprised you ever work with people, being such an asshole and all" he smirks
"You forget who your talking to"
"So do you," I grab him by the front of the shirt "I could show you exactly what I can do, maybe even permanently." He gulps, and then grudgingly follows me up to the palace.
"What do you want with my father" I demand. Photia looks at me and starts chuckling.
"Him, oh no, I want someone else help, that old man is useless"
"What do you want them for" He grins
"That is on a need to know basis, and you don't need to know" I scowl. Turning away from him I drag him through the streets and up the entrance to the dungeons, him protesting all the way and complaining about how 'even witches have better manners'. Chucking him in a cell I turn around and face him.
"Don't you dare escape or I will kill you on the spot, fuck the rules" He simply leans back in his chair and shackles.
"Oh don't worry, when I escape I want you to have a front row seat" With each word his tone lower. I scoff.
"Sure" Sinning round and walking out the door.
Once I'm up in the main hall I walk towards my father's study. Unfortunately, I see Penelope, dressed in an all to tight corset with her chest pushed all the way up.
"Ameer, fancy seeing you here" she says in her sickly sweet voice.
"Hello Miss Éad" I forcefully smile.
"Where were you 'Meer Meer'" I shudder at the nickname.
"Out training" She frowns.
"I'm sure I saw you outside the pub just an hour ago"
"Oh yes, I captured the Pirate Photia, he is in the dungeons now" Glad for my excuse.
"Oh Ameer, you truly are amazing." She simpers and drapes herself over me.
"Yes I am" But I don't need her to tell me "but you will have to excuse me, I need to go interrogate the captain"
"Of course, I will see you tomorrow at the ball" I cringe. I had forgotten about that. I run down to the dungeons only to be stopped by my father grabbing my jacket and pulling it of one shoulder. Thank the gods it didn't show anything.
"Where were you, boy?" I repeat the same response.
"I was training then I saw Photia." He looks at me waiting for me to continue. "Who is now in the dungeon, I was going there now"
"Really? As I can quite clearly see a bruise on your neck." Shit, I was obviously wrong about him not seeing.
"Um, I was with Penelope just before" I say scratching my neck, thankful for my great lying ability.
"Good job son, getting it on with the ladies" I nearly laugh as I thought about what I was doing the past few nights. "I expect a proposal by the end of the season, you know"
"But father, what if an even better candidate comes along" He pat my shoulder.
"Son, there are no better candidates, Penelope is beautiful, kind," I snort but cover it up with a cough, "comes from the best family. She is the perfect specimen"
"I will think about it father, but I have a pirate down in the dungeons, I must get going." Father nods his dismissal, not that I needed it, and I strolled down to the dungeon. When I get there I swing into the cell. I hear a gasp and I realize that my coat is off and my top is almost see-through, Photia could easily see my snake tattoo on my arm. I look him in the eyes but weirdly he is not looking surprised I have a tattoo but more panicked, very panicked.
