Descendant Of The Cursed Pirate Treasure

Chapter 11

Khalida

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I awoke laying next to Alistair looking at me with love-filled eyes. I smiled at him and he replied with a toothy grin, I buried my face in his chest and just thought back on what happened last night.

All I can say is that it was an enjoyable night.

I could feel Alistair's chest rising and falling, I could hear his soft breath of life and his active heartbeat, letting me know that my lover is here and alive.

I wanted to think about what the future could hold for us, but the dream immediately got crushed as soon as I remembered reality.

I won't be here to have a future with him. I need to sacrifice myself for his daughter. And no, I have never regretted my decision once I decided. She's a little girl who needs to live her life with a loving father. I had a terrible life, but at least Alistair is making it better until it's time for me to go.

I looked back up at Alistair and he was still looking at me.

Laughing, I asked him what was the problem.

"Nothing love, it's just that I want to wake up next to you every morning go to sleep with you next to me every night, you are my love, and along with my daughter, you're my life. When we get Demi back, I promise all three of us, and Claude I guess, we'll be a family."

"Blubber fish, did you think this through, I mean how do you know that we can be together?"

"I have always thought about this since I first fell in love with you, my daughter can grow up with a mother in her life, cause as much as I can try to be, I can never be as good as an actual woman."

"But won't she know? That I'm not her real mother?"

"Yes, but Demi told me that she wants a mommy, she doesn't care who, she just wants one that will love her."

He wants me to be a mother at the age of 19.

The bloody hell.

I guess he could tell what I was thinking, he looked at me with disappointment in his eyes and sighed.

"But I see you are not ready for the responsibility of being a mother."

"No, but I would happily help you with Demi when you need it."

He smiled a small smile.

"I'll take that."

I smiled in return knowing that we agreed.

I buried my face in Alistair's chest once again until I fell asleep.

Alistair

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I was disappointed that Khalida didn't agree with me, but I understood. Demi isn't her child so, she doesn't have to act like she is.

I of course still have to find out how to get Demi without Khalida having to sacrifice herself.

After a while, I gently slid out of bed trying not to wake Khalida. Then I heard a soft tap on the door. I asked who it was, it was Claude.

I opened the door and told him Khalida was sleeping at the moment.

As soon as he saw me, his face went from giddy with joy to mortified.

"Captain Alistair sir."

"Yeah? What's the problem mate?"

"You're naked."

How has that thought not occur to me before?

Embarrassed, I still tried to hold on to the little dignity I had at that moment.