D R O P

Fear
something Ella had not felt in years. Yet she clearly recognised the feeling as she looked at the foaming waves beneath her.
She glanced over her shoulder for a last desperate escape route but came face to face with the cold face of the Captain.
In her left ear she heard the encouraging shouts of the crew and in her right, the angry ocean. "No!" she started to shout but was cut off when roughly shoved. Her arms flailed to steady herself.
She closed her eyes but opened them as she felt the cold crash of the water on her skin.
Struggling, her tied legs refused to lift her to the surface.
"Give up."
a voice whispered and she complied without even thinking. Sinking to the bottom.
Lifeless.

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Ella - 17 year old princess and sweetheart of Vardahlia. Happily living in the castle. Until the unexpected happens and she's forced to escape and abandon her beloved Kingdom. A stow away on a passing ship? Not the smartest of ideas but not the worst way to slip away unnoticed. Or it wouldn't be the worst idea if she didn't fail to notice that this particular ship belonged to the most feared pirate in, probably the world, Captain Zach King. The youngest, yet most tyrannical pirate the seas have seen in years. Seemingly destroying ship after ship and life after life without regret, in fact he revelled in seeing the fear in peoples eyes as they realise who he is. How wil she survive? What secrets will she discover about herself and maybe even about the feared Pirate King along the way? Read to find out...