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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

After a while, Ilona and Mason's eyes adjusted to the darkness of the cave.  With the light coming in from the entrance, Ilona could see well enough to lay out the white sail and unfold it until it was about the size they would need for a bed.  There wouldn't be enough to use as a blanket as well, however, and that disappointed her.

Mason slowly made his way over to the canvas and finally eased himself down with a groan.  They had lost track of his shirt with everything they'd been through that morning, so Ilona would have to go look for it later.  For now, she just wanted to make sure he was as comfortable as he could be in their little cave in the dark.

As she was working to adjust the thick canvas sail, Ilona noticed one corner of the cave towards the front seemed lighter than the others.  She didn't understand how that could be.  Curious, she walked over and looked up at the crystal-filled ceiling above.

Darkness And Light