Erin_McLain_4927

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

With their work done, the remaining pirates walked away from their cemetery with no particular destination in mind. Their group ended up together at the bank of the stream again before they came to a stop, some kneeling to wash their hands in the cool water.

This would be the place where the two groups could part ways, the traitors to return to the cave and the loyal pirates to return to the beach camp. Instead, however, no one moved to go in any direction. They all simply stood awkwardly together.

Ilona looked up at Mason's serious expression as he studied the men around them. She could see he still wasn't relaxed, but his fear was mostly gone. Now, more than anything, he just seemed suspicious.

"Well," she spoke up hesitantly after their extended silence, "thank you all for agreeing to work with us. We'd better be..."

Trust