Lessons in Piracy

"The sea is not your playground, and It'll never be your friend. My ship isn't your standing platform onto a podium to go higher places. If you expect to become a captain without putting the work in, your a fool. These ocean waves won't soften their blows for a privileged little girl who believes she's too big for this world. capsize because if you go under, so does your crew. Those waves will engulf you, princess and your mummy and daddy won't be there to save you! Your title means nothing here . . ."

He bowed before me in a mocking way, but all I could think about was how to get him on his knees, the radiant strawberry blonde hair normally caressing his face, wrapped around my finger instead. His cool, toned hazel eyes looked up at me in defiance as i leant down to his level, grinning with the confidence of a future queen. Whispering into his ear, how good he looked from up here.

When i was actually quivering. Like autumn leaves falling in a frenzy. A shower of red, gold, and amber.

How Lee had ended up in this situation was a mystery to even her.

When not even a year ago, she'd been hosting a garden party for her parents' anniversary. Which was really code for marriage prospects arranged by mother dearest.

Lee's greatest regret was confiding in the people she should trust most.

About her dream!

To be a pirate.

When they realised she was serious, her choice was treated like a side thought. A phase. A childish fantasy.

But when an opportunity opened as a door, her trusty friends Joan and Cannon had the key to, she couldn't miss out.

Not once in the twenty years she'd been alive had she set foot outside her castle grounds.

But there was a first time for everything!

And if being free was the cost for betraying her kingdom, she'd even light the match to burn it to the ground .