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“I mean she’s a princess, and you’re a fucking pirate. You kidnapped her. And I’m soon-to-be Lord Kalfin who’s going to bring you both back. The savior. Her parents will be practically begging me to take her hand in marriage.”

“So that’s your plan? Take us both back and become prince charming?”

“It’s a pretty good one, isn’t it?”

“Except it’s not happening, you’re not going anywhere. The whole crew will be here soon, and you’ll be outnumbered.”

I could see the shift in his eyes as he tried to come up with another plan.

“Call them off,” he said, I watched him draw his knife in closer, a bead of blood dripping down Sage’s skin. “I’ll kill her. Marrying a princess would be nice social status, but with the amount of money I’m about to make, I could live without her.”

My instinct sent me forward, needing to protect her. But Bramwell put his hand on my shoulder, stopping me. I looked over and he shook his head, insisting I bide my time. But how could I?

“Make Bramwell get off my ship, we’re all going on a little trip.”

Chapter 43

Sage

Icould see the conflict in Adrian’s face. I wanted to tell him to leave too, to get out, but I worried if I said anything this dagger would be driven through my throat.

“Get. Him. Off,” Coltar asserted again. “Or I will slash her and throw her into the water.”

I tried to hold it in, but large tears started streaming down my face. The entire situation felt impossible.

“Just go,” I murmured. “Both of you, go.”

“Seems like you’re upsetting the princess,” Coltar said, as if he weren’t the issue. “You should listen to her.”

“I’m not leaving her,” Adrian said, before turning to Bramwell. “Go.”

He looks surprised. “We don’t need to listen to him, we can⁠—”

“I said go,” Adrian said. “Go and tell everyone else to drop back. It’s a direct order.”

I could tell Bramwell wanted to argue, but if one thing had become clear to me, it’s that no one ignores a direct order from their captain.

He gave one more look behind him before he hopped off of the ship, shaking the whole thing with his large frame and walking back towards where they came from.

“That obedience should have been mine,” Coltar said, squeezing me tighter in frustration. I tried not to flinch, but he was pinching my skin between his fingers hard.

“Well, you have mine right now,” Adrian said. His sword clattered to the ground, with both of his hands up.

“That’s more like it,” Coltar said smugly. “Now let’s get this show on the road. Four years is plenty long enough to have waited.”

He stepped to the side, taking me with him. “Get the ship going. It’s not as big as you’re used to, but I’m sure you can figure it out.”

Adrian gritted his teeth, but slithered past us, his eyes staying on mine as he passed, trying to look reassuring. I wasn’t sure what would happen, but I knew I trusted him. We’d both get out of this, I was sure.

Coltar kept a tight hold on me as we heard the anchor draw up and felt the ship begin to sway into the ocean.

I couldn’t even be nervous about sailing out towards the ocean, too focused on Coltar. Once we were a bit away from the shore, he released me, throwing me until I was sat against the far wall.

“At least he can do something right.” He looked down at where he threw me. “Be good, or your dear captain will pay.”

Coltar went towards the front where Adrian was.

While he was gone, I shifted, trying to get out of the ties again. They were still strong, but it seemed all the jostling had done just a bit to loosen them, I could move a slight bit more than earlier. If I could release myself, then I could save us.