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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

The large cavern was quiet as the pirates waited to hear what Ilona would say. It was warm both from the fire and the number of people in the space. Ilona felt beads of sweat form on the back of her neck. She didn't know how much of it was from the heat and how much was from nervousness.

She looked out over the crowd and met Mason's cool blue eyes. He gave her a slight nod, and that was all she needed to build enough confidence to begin.

"We stayed on the ship after all the lifeboats were gone," Ilona said with a clear, calm voice, "I knew you would all be at risk if I didn't steer the ship away from your boats. I've seen ships run over lifeboats and crush them into splinters along with everyone on board. I knew I couldn't let that happen to my crew.

The Spun Story