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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 felt like she had only just fallen asleep when she was being woken up again by the sound of yelling.  She sat up quickly, blinking as she tried to focus her sleepy eyes.  Her brain still couldn't quite make out what was being yelled around her.

"It got him!" someone shouted in a panic, "We-We were just out to get some water, and it found us!  We... We ran b-but..."

Ilona's eyes snapped open then as she finally realized what was going on.  She jerked her head in the direction of the shouting and found one of her men, Nathan, with an expression of pure terror and tears on his cheeks.

She scrambled to her feet and looked towards where Mason had been sleeping.  Her heart stopped when she saw his bed was empty.

Her stomach was immediately sick with fear, and she spun around, eyes searching for the tall, blonde Prince.

"M-Mace?" she stammered in panic, "M-Mason?"

[Bonus chapter]Waking Up In A Nightmare