I was hiding as cargo on the ship Mandrake. When it was pirated, I did some quick-thinking and pretended to be a cabin boy.

But he scented me at the get.

And the moment he had me alone he stripped me down to prove what he already knew. I was all woman.

He was the Captain of the Whirlwind and he intended to possess all spoils from the Mandrake. Including me.

But I'm not so easily bullied into becoming a lover.

Not even by a fierce pirate captain.

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Lucien tipped over sideways next to me. His body glistening under a sheen of sweat as he slipped out of me and flattened on his back shoulder to shoulder with me. He reached over with his arm opposite me and cleared his own head to reach mine. Massaging my scalp thoughtfully as he eyed the ceiling. 


He was saying it like it’d never happen again. 


Like he already knows what I’m up to. 


He can’t possibly, I haven’t even fully worked out a plan. 


As the night was descending and the light from the porthole dimmed. Casting dancing shadows over the wood floor of the Captain’s Cabin, I heard Lucien’s breathing deepen. 


He's asleep. I was deeply thankful for that. Relaxed from the loving and enjoying his pampering as he stroked my hair, I was near to falling into slumber myself. I’d been fighting to stay awake. 


Sneaking