Sweet Defeat

New Home.

Soon she woke up, must have been around noon the next day. "Land ho!" a voice shouted from outside. She attempted to pear out the window, and she saw a few trees. A man walked into the room, untied her from the desk, and threw her over the chair. 

Was that... Toni?  she wondered, although she couldn't think straight as she did not sleep well on the floor. She squinted at daylight as they approached the deck. Soon they had docked and were unloading into what she assumed to be Colent Cove, home of the pirates. She was carried all the way off the ship and brought into a building with a decently-sized living area. She was untied, and they had her take off her necklace and ring. They stripped her naked, and she felt horribly ashamed to have had to do so in the presence of such immoral men as pirates, but she had no choice. She went with another woman who washed her, dyed her hair a darker brown, styled her hair, then dressed her in a plain blue dress. The woman had Megan sit on a chair in the main room, waiting in front of a mirror. She could hardly recognize herself. She saw Toni enter through there reflection in the mirror. 

"This is your home now. You are no longer a princess, you are my girl. You belong to me, and everyone shall now that." He held up what appeared to be a large silver ring. It was actually a collar he had sent two men ahead to order in advance, just for her. It was made from a water resistant steel, designed to clamp over her neck and never come off. It was lightweight, decently sized for comfort, rounded off, and in the front there was a thick ring wielded to it. He held it to her face so she could read the engraving. 'Property of the Pirate King'. He brushed her hair aside and put it around her neck. The snap of the collar was her breaking point. She new there was no return. She had been taken from her life, stripped of her identity, and be a slave to this man for the rest of her life. With tears in her eyes, she was guided by a consoling woman who took her to her bed and got her tucked in. 

"The Pirate King wants his most trusted servant to lock you in for the night," the woman said.

"Lock me in?" she asked, with no further explanation. Soon a man walked in, and she was surprised when the recognized him as Terric. He knelt by her bed, and pulled out a chain she had not seen. One end was bolted into the wall, and she watched as he locked the other end to the ring on her collar with a padlock, slipping the key in his pocket. This ruined any hope of escape for her.

"Good night, have sweet dreams" he said, getting up and walking out.