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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 day of settling in, Mason was ready to go look for the next dragon.  Now that he and Ilona were going to be staying in the cavern, he didn't want to wait any longer.  He said goodbye, kissing her, before turning and heading for the mouth of the cave where Nick was waiting and watching him with a look of annoyance.  Mason winked at him and smirked, watching as Nick rolled his eyes and turned away.

Coming to a stop beside the younger man, they both looked around for the third member of their group.

"Jennings!" Nick barked, "Let's go!"

Mason shifted and watched for the man.  He felt he shouldn't call for Jennings himself.  If they were still aboard the ship, Nick would have been Jennings equal, but Mason would have been beneath him.  If they wanted the pirates to continue to respect Ilona as their Captain, he knew it was best to respect Pierce Vane and the men above him.  None of them would dare to give him orders now anyway.

The Trek