Taken at sea...

"You can't do this!" The Duke bellowed.
"I think you'll find I just have. We will kill any man or woman who tries to take her before the child is handed over. No harm will come to the girl if you hand her grace over on her sixteenth birthday" The captain said, sparing one last look at the terrified child, before jumping ship and swimming back to his own crew.
That was the day each kingdom decided that any contact with the sea was forbidden. Their main priority now, was to keep their remaining Princess safe, even if it meant keeping her locked away forever....'