High Seas

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It was a quiet ride as we rode back to st. Augustine, the only thing to hear was the horses running and sniffling coming from Elizabeth. She sat behind me holding onto my waist, it was late when we ended up getting back to the inn we were staying in, not too far from the ship. When we got to the inn I hopped off my horse and grabbed Elizabeth carrying her into the inn, bridal style. Jackson ran ahead of me to grab a first aid kit. I sat Elizabeth down in my bed, she watched as i grabbed some cloth for her wounds, then Jackson came in with water, soap, alcohol and some other things. I sat on the floor in front of her.

"May i?" I asked referring to her leg she nodded and lifted her skirt, showing me the cut on her right thigh. It wasn't deep but it was along the side of her thigh, i took some of the soap and put it in the water then used the cloth to clean up her wound, i then used come clean water to wash out all of the soapy water. Afterward, I took some bandages covered them in aloe, and wrapped up her leg. I then did the same to her left arm, I felt angry as someone would even dare hurt Elizabeth like this, whoever did this better pray because once I find them, they are going to be wishing they were dead.

"So does this mean your debt is repaid," she asked me I looked up at her confused

"What do you mean," i asked her

"Ya know you saved my life, I would have died out there." She said looking at her hands.

"Elizabeth what were you doing out there," Jackson asked her, she just looked at him and then at me. She opened her mouth to speak but nothing came out. I gently put my hand on her back, I felt her tense up and scoot a bit away from me.

"You don't have to tell us now, just get some rest and we will see you in the morning," I told her with a smile before standing and leaving the room. Making sure to close the door behind me.

I couldn't sleep that night. I found myself awake thinking about what happened to her. Thought about all the people I might have to kill because they wanted to put their hands on my girl. I could feel rage coursing through my body as I sat up on the couch I was sleeping on. That's when I started to hear shuffling coming from the room next door.

Where Elizabeth was

I wanted to check on her so I walked to the door and knocked

"Elizabeth is everything okay?" I asked but i got no response so i slowly opened the door "Elizabeth i wanted to che-" i stopped mid sentence because of what i saw. Elizabeth was standing in front of a mirror with her back to me. It felt like my anger that was bad before just got worse. Her back was covered in dried blood and about 7 or 8 slash makes.

"Elizabeth," I said getting her attention she screamed and fell to the floor hiding behind the bed. At this point, I was gripping the doorhandle so hard that my knuckles were white.

"Savage what are you doing in here," she said from behind the bed

"Stand" was all I said

"Savage-"

"ELIZabeth stand on your feet, that is a captain's order" i told her, she hesitated for a moment before standing with her back turned to me and her arms coving her breast. There was a moment of silence before I finally spoke up

"Who did this to you," I asked stepping into the room and closing the door. I looked at her face through the mirror but she just looked at her feet.

"A-A man...in Georgia" a tear slid down her right cheek "he beat me....for something I didn't do"

"Name" she looked at me confused through the mirror, "what is his name," I asked again

"The man that did this to me, his name is ben... but the man that o.....owned me was Mr. Thomas" she looked at herself in the mirror as I stood over her I gently put my hands on her shoulders. That's when all the tears broke loose, tears of pain and sadness. I could tell she tried to keep it together as long as she could. After a while of crying, she started to hyperventilate, I tried to calm her down but to no avail. Elizabeth then collapsed in my arms i held on to her while trying not to look at her exposed breast. I carried her to bed and made sure she was okay and covered before leaving the room. It was a little past 4 in the morning so

I got dressed

Grabbed my gun

My sword

Food and water

I didn't tell anyone where I was going I didn't want anyone coming with me. I walked outside of the inn where the horses still were and hopped on. Riding into the night. The only information i have is the name of two men and a vague location so i decided to head back to Macclenny since it is where we found Elizabeth.

It took about an hour going full speed on a horse to get back to Macclenny. It was still dark out but I saw a bar that was open so I let my horse rest and headed inside. When i walked in there was no one in the bar except for the bartender.

"Mornin' how may I help ya" he greeted me with a smile, but his smile quickly faded when he was met with the barrel of my gun

"I'm looking for a man by the name of Mr. Thomas, he owns a plantation out this way I was hoping you could point me in his direction," I said hoping to get information

"Y-yeah, Grant Thomas h-he owns a huge plantation out in Alb-bany, Georgia. Go about 140 miles northwest, give or take" he said shaking almost dropping the glass that was in his hand. I thanked him before putting my gun back in its holster and leaving.

Grant Thomas is a dead man

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I apologize for any misspelled words or horrible grammar :p