The Promise of a Pirate

Chapter Thirteen: The Water

Emery POV:

My current situation was something I am not proud of. I openly insulted the Captain and now he is staring me down like I am a spawn of Satan. Though I refuse to admit it, this man truly scares me. The feeling lingering in my stomach only proves my point even more. I sat on my bed waiting for the punishment that was sure to happen.

Much to my horror, all that was happening was an awkward stare down. I quickly found myself lost in his beautiful eyes, the deep blue drawing me in. I had no shame in admitting it. Ash was the most attractive man I think I have ever seen. It was a shame that such good looks like that were wasted on such a horrible man.

Finally after what seemed to be like forever, Ash turned and shut the door behind him. I gulped knowing that I was going to get slapped or worse. Ash walked over to my desk and opened a bottle of rum.

"I see that you are not much of a drinker." He turned to look at me as I shook my head.

"Why is that?" He asked while dumping almost the entire bottle into a glass.

"Because Rum is a vile drink that turns even the most respectable men into pigs." My thoughts roamed back to the Duke. Maybe if he hadn't drunk anything he wouldn't have tried to steal my innocence. A smirk spread across his face as an airy laugh escaped his lips.

"You women are all the same. I swear the only tolerable ones are in a whore house." I had to bite my tongue to keep anything from slipping out after that comment. But sadly, it failed.

"You just proved my point."

"Ah, but I think you'll find that I was never respectable to begin with." I just glared at him which caused him to laugh. I've had enough of this ridiculousness. One minute he wants to rip my guts out and feed them to the sharks and the next he decides to have a conversation with me.

"Was there a point in you coming in here?" My tone came out very annoyed, which I was. He took a big gulp of his rum before putting it down and walking in front of me.

"I have decided to allow you to leave your chamber."

"Oh well aren't you being gracious!"

"Don't make me take it back. Just remember you are my prisoner. If this was any other situation you would have been thrown overboard a long time ago."

"And why is this not any other situation?" I watched as he tensed up.

"You have to be accompanied by Troy where ever you go. Since the two of you seem to be close already it shouldn't be a problem." He stated, completely ignoring my question. Before I knew it, he walked out of my room and shut the door behind him. I just sat there, a little shocked and confused. I let out a small groan as a plopped down on my bed and looked at the ceiling.

I noticed a few drops of water falling from the wooden boards, which became very annoying very quickly. The water seemed to become louder and louder, causing my ears to ring. My head started to pound and a strange feeling exploded in my stomach. I placed my hands over my ears and squeezed my eyes shut, yelling stop.

Suddenly all the pain was gone. I slowly opened my eyes to find the water no longer dropping. Instead it was sticking to the ceiling. I laid there, not sure what to think about what just happened. After a while I walked to the bathroom and began to splash cold water on my face. When I lifted my head up I caught a glance of my reflection of myself in the mirror.

In the center of my purple eyes was a very bright white light. I squeezed my eyes shut and opened them again. The light was gone and my eyes returned to their purple color. I sighed in relief. I must be going crazy.

After a while of standing in front of the mirror to make sure nothing strange happened again, I decided to go find Troy. I was craving some sun and to be honest, I wanted to explore the ship. I walked down the hall to Troy's room and knocked on his door. The door slowly opened and I gasped at the sight in front of me.

"Troy what happened?" He was covered in blood from head to toe, had bruises all over his face and one of his eyes were swollen shut.

"What? Is there something wrong with my face?" He joked. I scowled at him and walked into his room, pulling him behind be. He used his foot to shut the door before I pulled him to his bed and pushed him down.

"Oh hell yes, but now is not the time for sexy fun time." I rolled my eyes as he grinned.

"Really Troy, what happened?" I sat next to him and closely examined his face.

"Ash and I got into one of our daily fights. But its noting to worry about, I've gotten worse." I stood up and walked into the bathroom. I grabbed a rag and began running it in water. After the rag was damp I walked back and sat on the bed, placing Troy's head in my lap.

I began wiping all the dried blood off his face, being careful of the bruises. I felt his eyes on me the whole time, but I didn't break my concentration. After all the blood was off I set the rag on the bed and put my hands over his nose.

I looked down at him and he nodded at me, knowing what I was about to do."One." I popped his nose back into place on two, causing his body to flinch. He groaned and grabbed his nose.

"Shit, I thought you were supposed to go on three!"

"I was." I said as I got up and walked to the bathroom. I placed the rag on the counter and walked back to him. He was laying down and patted the spot next to him. I climbed up and crossed my legs together, leaning on the headboard.

"So Princess was there something you needed or did you just want to mend my wounds?"

"Well, I was going to tell you that the Captain came to my chamber." Troy sat up and looked me in the eyes.

"Did he hurt you? I swear if he did I'll-"

"No he didn't hurt me!" I cut him off.

"Then what did he want?"

"He just told me I am free to roam around the ship, as long as I'm accompanied by you."

"Really? Why the change of heart?" I just shrugged, thinking about that comment.

"Why does he act so weird with me? One minute he hates me more than anything, then the next he treats me like anyone else." I watched as Troy's face hardened, before he quickly covered it up.

"I don't know. If you ask me, he drinks a little too much." I knew he was hiding something but I decided not to push it right now.

"So do you want me to take you exploring?" He asked.

"Well I did but after seeing your current state I can wait."

"No need, I already feel better!" He stood up off the bed and stretched his arms before walking over to the door.

"Coming?" I grinned and jumped up to follow him. We walked down the hallway to a set of stairs that led to the deck.

"So Princess, where do you want to go?"

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