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I closed the door to Elizabeth's room and started to head back to mine, but as I was walking I overheard a conversation coming from a room with the door cracked. out of curiosity, I listened in on it
"Did you see how she embarrassed you tonight, she made a fool of you in front of your own men" I heard a voice say it sounded like Alice
"Yeh I know. God, I just want to get rid of her. She thinks she can do anything she fuckin wants just because she used to be a princess" I would recognize Anthony's voice anywhere
"What do you mean by used to be a princess?" Alice asked
"Elizabeth is a runaway princess from wales, Captain let her stay on the ship to cook and clean but when she was almost raped he trained her to be a pirate." why is Anthony telling all of this to Alice
"Word travels fast I have heard about a runaway princess but I didn't believe it. Rumor has it that there is a large bounty on her head"
"How much?"
"Mm, about $200,000 maybe more."
"That would be nice but I highly doubt captain would give her back to her father"
"Captain savage has gone soft, what happened to the man that would kill any stowaway that came on his ship. we barely know this girl and I'm just supposed to take her word that she's a princess"
"You're right he has gotten soft, since when has he ever cared about women"
"Don't you think that it's time you become captain and stop being co-captain. He doesn't even treat you like one he always puts Jackson in charge"
"You're right, I should just kill him and take his spot. I'd be such a better captain, I'd let only the strongest on my crew" I felt rage feel my body I balled my hand up in a fist but was quickly reminded that I was injured if we were to fight tonight I would lose for sure. I decided to leave it alone for tonight and took the back way to my room.
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It was finally the day to head back out to sea and head to London. My stab wound was doing better it wasn't bleeding as much anymore and it only hurt if I moved too much. I watched as my men loaded the ship with food, water, medicine, clothes, and many other things. The conversation between Alice and Anthony kept replaying in my head as I watched him command people around. It made me sick to my stomach that my own co-captain would think I've gone soft. I glared at him from a distance and he continued to act like he didn't say he wanted to kill me and turn in his fellow crewmate for a quick buck. Don't even get me started on Alice, I saw her leaving his room one morning wearing the same clothes from the previous night. I and Alice were never a thing but once every full moon we would fuck, so when she kissed me earlier this week I was confused since she told me we had to stop our midnight meetings. I looked at my pocket watch and it was almost time to set sail but when I called the crew to the main deck we were missing one.
"Where's the stowaway," I asked not seeing her on the deck no one seemed to know where she was. I groaned "someone go find the wench"
"May I ask what wench means" I heard her say as she walked onto the ship
"Where were ya," I asked
"I was getting somethings for the ship, but my question still goes unanswered," she said sitting down a sack she had I just ignored her
"Now that everyone is a counted for let's sail" everyone went to their stations to sail off. i watched as Anthony went below deck and made my way to the poop deck to talk to Jackson
"Jackson I must ask you a favor"
"How can I help," he asked pulling ropes aboard
"I need you to watch Anthony, I heard a conversation between him and Alice he wants to give Elizabeth back to her father for a large sum of money and wants to kill me. I need you to keep a close eye on him and tell me if you hear anything else."
"now that you mention he did threaten Elizabeth a few nights ago"
"Tell me more" Jackson went on the tell me about everything Anthony has done to some of the crew members on board, my crew was quite a diverse bunch and we are supposed to treat each other like family. My crew and I have been through a lot together hell we are a family. he told me that Anthony has threatened to kill, throw mates overboard, and sell some into slavery. at this point, I am over the moon pissed.
"how has all of this gone under my nose for this long"
"well Anthony is all talk so we never thought he would act on any of his words"
"ill be honest I've never wanted Anthony to be co-captain anyways, he's not fit to lead he cares about no one but himself and he's unstable. he reminds me of rider." we both chuckled "we need to get rid of antothy before he can do anything else"
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