Sea of Hearts

Prolouge

“BASTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!” I screamed to my first mate as I saw a port up ahead. He came running as always, a girl from the last port hung around his waist much like a sick puppy sticks to its mother’s side.  “Silly whore… why can’t Basta like useful girls. We don’t have much power but hey I have my own ship and crew and I’m female.” I think to myself.

“Yes Evea?” Basta asked smiling his toothy grin as the girl, who I now noticed is drunk, swung on him as if he was a pole.

“One, there is a port up ahead, tell Reith to go to it by tomorrow, it’s not far if I can see it from here. Two, when we get to the port hand that whore off to the local bar, I know the owner, he’ll make sure she gets what she needs. Three stop eating all the food, and yes Cyril and I have noticed the missing food so don’t pretend it wasn’t you.” I stopped talking and sashayed to the kitchen to help Cyril and Tanix with the cooking.

“Aye Captain!” Cyril winked, “just in time to help with today’s dinner for Reith’s birthday”

“I’m just here because Cyril thinks that just because I’m the weapons master that whenever training is finished I can be used like a slave” Tanix whined.

“I’m not complaining” I said putting my hands up in surrender.

“See she agrees” Cyril said nudging Tanix.

“Hush before I stab you for being an idiot” I said pulling my dagger out of its sheath.

It shut him up. We started getting the food out and me and Tanix did whatever Cyril needed.  It got hot in the kitchen so I excused myself and changed out of my corset, captain’s jacket, and knee length buckle skirt. I kept my captains hat on but put my shoulder length copper hair into a small nub of a pony tail.  I put on my black buckle dress and stayed bootless before returning to the kitchen.

“Looking good Captain” Cyril said winking in that flirty way of his, making sure his deep voice carried throughout the ship.  As the rest of the crew ran into the kitchen he flipped his long black hair and smiled cheekily at me.

One bad thing about being on a ship of males and being the only female was that any time you showed any bit of skin you get starred at and flirted with.  Had I remembered to put my multi sheath back on I would have had my daggers pointed at them. Even if Reith was my boyfriend.

I looked at Cyril and he winked at me.  Reith came down after things had settled down, his wavy brown hair was tied into a ponytail with his compass bow that I bought for him last Cherish Day because his old bow was to say the least, gross.

Thomson came in behind him with Basta.  Though they were identical twins with the same wavy black hair, strong jaw, tan skin, and grey eyes, they had two totally separate personalities.  Plus Basta was pierced and Thomson has not one mark on him.

Basta wrapped his arms around my waist and threw me over his shoulder.  Cyril gave him a dirty look, Reith growled softy and pinched the bridge of his nose in annoyance.  Tanix pretended not to notice and Thomson poked my ass.  You could have cut the tension with a sword.

“CYRIL GET ME DOWN FROM HERE!”  I only called on him because he was the tallest.

He ran after Basta but Basta ran too.  Cyril chased after him and I screamed.  Basta knew I was scared of being up high if I couldn’t put my foot down and feel something.  He still did it.  Cyril finally caught up and tackled Basta; he caught me before I hit the deck. I had tears running down my face.  Then he did something I never expected.  He hugged me, picked me up like a groom does a bride, whipped away my tears, kissed my cheek and brought me to his room.

He laid me down then took some night clothes and went to the baths to get changed.  When he came back he simply slipped into his bed beside me, held me close, and told me that as long as he was there I had nothing to fear.

However, sometime in the right Reith had taken me into his room. That’s where I woke up.  He whispered in my ear “Your mine don’t EVER sleep in another mans bed, only mine or yours”

For some reason though I had feelings for Reith for a long time, the seemed to disappear.  I wondered what was happening to me.  Most girls my age were married.  It wasn’t socially acceptable for me to be a sixteen year old female and not be married.  My short hair wasn’t either but that was something they could overlook. But now I wasn’t even in love with my boyfriend?   I whispered into Reith’s ear that we were over and that he was free to leave the crew once we reached the port if he wanted, he didn’t but what he did do was much worse. He tried to win me back.