Black Ship [EN]

Long-shot

This will be my first book in English. It's more or less translated from one of my previous books "Czarny bryg". I wish you good time reading this and I ask you to be easy on me, because it's my first time doing this.

And I ask of you if you find mistakes you can mark them so I would be able to correct them.

13 651 words.

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Hastings. Night like any other. Rosa gone out from mansion, to breath some fresh air. She had enough of everything after that day's lessons. She wanted to sit for a while and then go back to bed avoiding being spotted by anyone. Her parents forbid her from leaving home by herself, explaining that it's dangerous.

Rose was 16 year old woman. Her hair were short, curly and dark coloured, brown eyes that resembled really much the colour of her hair. Her eyes were big, so they were giving her childish look. She had small lips and because she was young her chest was practically flat. At that moment she wore pink nightgown, but usually she wore more sophisticated dresses. Her surname was Roberts and it was commonly known. Her father was one of the most rich merchants who sailed the seven seas. From time to time, he was taking his daughter with himself. Even thought sailing was not for women, she loved being at the sea. But lately her father stopped taking her with him. She spent more and more time with mother and on learning. She was taught how to behave like a lady and how she should behave as a future wife and mother.

Not long ago she got engaged to the eldest of Wilson's brothers, Leonard. Man was 5 years older than her – it wasn't much of a gap, but they didn't have the same launguage.

Leonard was governor's son, so he lived a wealthy life. But because of this he was big-headed and proud. He didn't belive there could be anyone stronger than him. He was also the Navy's Commander, so he earned a lot of money himself.

But woman didn't care for money. She wanted for her husband to love her for who she was, not for money, so she could be herself in his presence not some kind of lady. She wanted to speak aloud what she felt, but when she saw the entusiasm of her parents about her marriage, she coldn't find the courage to sadden them.

She was their only child, the apple of their eye. They loved her really much. The same way, she loved them. But she really despised the idea of this marriage.

She got up from the bench and turned torwards her room. The moment she opened door to the mansion she heard an explosion behind her. She turned around, only to see colapsing stable. She was terrified. Only now she saw black smoke that hoverd above the town. She felt torn. She didn't know whether to run help people or run inside house and hide, like her parents would have wanted.

She chose the latter. She knew she would be lectured afterwards, but she wouldn't be able to live with herself if she would run away. She started running to town, tripping a few times on the way. Her feet hurt, but she wasn't thinking of stopping.

When she got there, she was welcomed by the sight of misery and despair. Many buildings were ruined. The rest was burning. There were no time to think. She saw a man going out of one of the burning houses, helping an old man.

She gone to men, trying to provide with first aid for burned ones. She was treating wounds, pulling shatterd glass from their bodies. All in all she was a great help for medics.

During bandaging of some man, she heard a woman's cry.

„Please, somebody save my children!"

Without a thought she thrown herself inside burning building. She felt flames licking her body and pain in spots that were burned. But she was moving forward. She heard a cry and she gone the way it came from.