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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

Mason explained to Ilona that he had snuck out in the night to find her on his own against her brothers' wishes. Normally, Ilona might have been unhappy with him for being so reckless, but she admitted she had done nearly the same thing in her hunt for revenge.

"It looks like we're both going to be in trouble," Mason smirked.

Even though the pair desperately wanted to get back to the safety of their cave, they decided it would be best to go find Ilona's mother and Sam Thatch first. Her brothers were with the other survivors, but Anja and Sam were on their own. If they ran into one of the groups Vane had sent out to hunt them, they would be outnumbered.

"What about him?" Ilona asked Mason quietly, looking across the clearing at the body on the ground.

Mason looked at it too and took a deep breath. "We'll leave him," he sighed. "If we're lucky, maybe something will eat him."

"Mason!" Ilona looked at him in shock.

Horrible Things Have To Be Done