Lunars of the Caribbean

Our Decisions Create Us (11)

Cinder watched as Scarlet and Wolf emerged from the Map Room, and Wolf turned his attention back to his men.

"Change in plans!" he barked out. "We are going to aid Captain Thorne and- .. his crew on their venture and take part in their plundering and pillaging of one we all know and despise .. Queen Levana!"

"YEAH!!!" his crew shouted in approval. Their brutish, guttural cries reverberating over the ocean surface and shaking the Solstice slightly.

Captain Wolf quickly took control of his men again and added, "Five men will stay on this ship with me, while the rest of you will go back to the Lone Wolf and follow the commands of myself and Commander Rex." A soldier with dirty blond hair and a long scar across his face saluted to him. "Boars, Horus, Ares, Draco, and Lance, you'll stay on the ship with me."

Slightly annoyed, Scarlet bumped Wolf's arm to get his attention. "Why are five of your men staying on the Solstice?"

"You've already had one mutiny. I'm not about to let you have another one," he replied.

Scarlet scoffed and rolled her eyes. "What will you do if that happens? Light the ship on fire? Because that worked out so well last time." That retort hit Wolf hard, as he was hardly able to careen the men he hadn't told to stay off the Solstice and back onto the Lone Wolf. While Wolf was gathering the rest of his men and getting them back on their ship, Thorne stormed over to her as smoke fumed out of his ears.

"What did you do?!" he shouted. Yet, not at a high enough volume to catch the attention of any of the crew.

Scarlet shrugged him off and headed for the helm. Though Thorne was not so ready to give up his interrogation. "You promised to go back with him, didn't you? You said that if he helped us, you'd join his crew again?"

"Were you listening in on our conversation?" Scarlet asked, her glare growing hot with anger.

Thorne grit it teeth for a moment before saying, "I've known you long enough to know that you're reckless enough to do that. Do either you or your boyfriend understand that you'd be safer if you weren't on that ship with those soldiers? That you'd be safer in front of a loaded cannon than around those monsters? Or do you just like to think that it's better to be together and have fun slitting other peoples' throats in a cavern of zombies than actually be cautious?"

Scarlet held down her rage surprisingly well, and simply rolled her eyes at Thorne. "It's none of your business," was all she told him.

For hours, Thorne growled and kicked the walls and barrels of the ship. Cinder couldn't fathom why Thorne was so distressed, because for a moment, she thought he wanted nothing more than to have them talk out whatever problems they were having. Now, he radiated frustration and stress. Like having Scarlet trapped in the same space as Wolf was a bad thing.

Whatever the case, Cinder knew why Scarlet had struck the deal with Wolf. It was because of the thing that Thorne was trying to find. The item he'd lost, or was robbed of. Scarlet knew how much he yearned for it, how far he would go to retrieve it. So she gave herself up to Wolf so Thorne could have the chance to get it back.

Cinder just hoped that this item was worth it.

.................

Kai rang his hands out behind his back and hoped he didn't show his distress.

Cinder had escaped the prison, which was amazing in his opinion. Apparently, the door of her cell had been blown off or something from the inside. Some of the guards suspected that she actually kicked the door down with sheer strength. This astonished Kai, and made him think more highly of her skills.