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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 tried her best to remove the bloodstain from Mason's shirt, but she didn't know the first thing about cleaning clothing.  She used a bar of soap and some water and scrubbed as hard as she dared, but the improvement was minor.  She was working at the very back of the ship, away from prying eyes, and didn't dare ask anyone to show her the right way.

The Captain of the ship shouldn't be washing clothing for a common sailor.  It wouldn't matter that the only reason it was stained and ripped was because of her.

When she finally gave up on her cleaning, Ilona went to look for her mother, one of the only people on board she felt she could ask to sew up the hole.  Ilona had never sewn a single stitch in her life, so she didn't bother trying herself.  She would likely end up with nothing but knots.

She just had to do her best to hide it from Anja that the shirt belonged to Mason.  Her mother would never approve.

The Bloodstained Shirt