on an average day at there seaside restaurant jema and her mom bring in coustomers in and they leave happy but two of them seem suspicious. sure enough there pirates and come back to rob the restaurant jema fights them of easily and get captured by the captain tio help train his crew.the agreement is if she can train the crew and help get back the gold she is free if not theyll kill her mother . what will jema do
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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