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Ilona Black is the oldest daughter of the Pirate King. All her life, she's wanted to be a great pirate captain, just like her father. When she's finally given the chance, however, things go terribly wrong- Ilona's younger siblings have been captured and now it's up to her to get them back.

All hope seems lost until she happens to meet the wickedly handsome Prince Mason who is having his own bad luck. He has been promised to marry a princess who he is quite certain is evil. He has no way to escape the marriage but once he meets the beautiful pirate Captain he comes up with a plan that will help them both. He will marry the daughter of the cruel king who took Ilona's siblings.

They sail away and the plan seems perfect. Mason will escape the evil princess and Ilona will get her siblings back.

But what happens when they start to fall for each other and put their whole plan in jeopardy? And what if their ship never reaches its destination at all?

The Prince and The Pirate

Ilona and Mason crouched down behind some bushes as they took in the sight before their eyes.  It wasn't easy to see, but now that they were close enough, they began to make out the scene.

Several figures were moving quickly around the horse.  Ilona counted at least four.  The beast let out a whiney of protest, but the  figures ignored her.

A glowing light came from something, and when she looked, Ilona saw it was a lantern burning very low.  That must have been what they'd seen earlier.  As she watched, one figure moved and turned it up, making the light brighter on them all.

"They're humans!" Ilona gasped, and Mason quickly shushed her.

The figures in front of them were men wearing only breeches, the rest of their bodies slathered with a thick layer of mud or paint or possibly both.  They even had it on their faces painted in strange symbols.

The Things