chapter eleven
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anything I missed out?
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Ihad no dreams that night and I slowly began to wake up but someonegrabbed my wrist and pulled me out
"getup" a gruff tired sounding voice commanded
Iopened my eyes blinking away the blurriness of sleep to see Rikard.I dragged my self to my feet shivering in the cold night air he drewhis sword and pointed it at my chest
"nowthen" he said "where did we leave off"
helooked at me for sometime like he was weighing my heart against afeather I felt my stomach contract and my legs began cramping
"that'sit" he said breaking the silence "what were you doing withSpanish men" growled Rikard
pushinghis sword forwards as he spoke making me inch back for fear of mylife we started to slowly circle each other
"Iwas hostage" I told him truthfully
"howdid they get you" Rikardgrowled "I told you five meters from the ship"
"wellthey wouldn't have got me if you didn't leave Neonand I with a five meter distance from the ship which might I add wasonly the length of the pier" I snapped Rikardscowled
"whydidn't you jump ship" he growled
Ibit my lower lip as I stop moving and he did too
"well"he urged
"I-I-Ican't swim" I said quietly
"what"he said "speak up" I shook with unprovoked anger
"Ican't swim" I snapped "happy I'm afraid of water I sink like abloody stone I'm like a tortoise when it comes down to the stuff,this" I said motioning to my entire body his eyes followed mygestures "does not and I do repeat does not float"
hiseyes widened and he lowered his sword remorse in his eyes
"afraidof water" he said quietly tilting hi head to the side looking at me"and you sail on a ship"
Isighed laughing humourlessly "not like I haven't heard thatbefore" I said looking away from him
hesighed and after a few seconds his anger returned then he swung hissword wide
"heythat's not fair I don't have a weapon" I yelped
Rikardgrunted then pulled his other sword out and slid it across the deck
"pickit up" he barked
Ihesitated then kneeled down keeping an eye glued on Rikardthen picked it up practically jumping to my feet to miss the stabbingmotion Rikardhad started and he swung it hard knocking the sword out of my handand making me fall over he planted his knee on to my chest
"comeon you can do better than that" Rikardsaid
risingto his feet walking over to the sword that laid discard on the sidehe kicked it over to me then beckoned me to stand up and have anothertry I hesitated then shook my head
"no"I said my voice shaking
Rikardscowled then walked forwards pointing the tip of his sword at mythroat
"doit" he growled
steppingback I stayed on the ground not moving
"no"I said shaking my head my voice sounding stronger
hestabbed his sword forwards it landed millimetres from the side of myface I had my eyes closed looking away he pulled the sword back Ididn't move I opened my eyes slowly as I turned my head to face him Iwas shaking. I sighed grabbing the sword and rose to my feet shakingslightly and swung hard but he blocked it with ease and pushed meback making me stagger a few paces closer to the railing
"whydid you do it" he said
"dowhat" I yelled
"leadthem around"
"Ididn't that Jowl person did" I yelled at him "I was tied to thebloody mast the entire time I was just grateful to stand up and walkaround and I have fricken rope burn to prove it"
helooked to my wrists and seemed to believe me. he struck at me again
"whydid you listen to them when you completely refuse to listen to me"
"t-theymade it hard to say no" I sighed
hepointed the sword at my head my shoulders sagged
"howhard" he said
helowered his sword his hands tightened on the handle turning hisknuckles as pale as snow I felt as if I knew what he was thinking
Ilifted my shirt showing the huge purple bruises along my stomach after a few seconds I dropped my shirt
"howabout bruising the crap out of me hard"
hisfeatures seemed to soften but he swept his leg along the ground andknocked mine out from under me making me hit the railing with my head
"ow"I said
aboutto rise when he held his sword to my throat I froze stock still
"why?"he asked again quietly "did you betray me?"
"Ididn't" I barked "if I had wanted you dead I would have led themright to you" he raised an eye brow
"thenwhy didn't you?"
helooked at me dead in the eye and my mouth ran away with itself
"becauseI like you too much to do that" I barked my eyes widening
thewords hung in the air but I knew it was too late to take it backwhats said is said. his eyes were wide and unblinking like a deer inheadlights I watched him swallow hard his grip slowly loosened on hissword as he seemed to lower it a few seconds of awkward silencepassed between us before his anger seemed to come back
"rise"he said
puttingslight pressure on the sword tip making me stand up
Rikardpulled his sword away from my throat and I relaxed slightly and as Idid he slashed my arm with it leaving a long but not deep gash down my arm Ilet out a startled cry of pain as blood dripped from the wound and onto the deck I held my wounded arm to my body the stinging pain was slightly unnerving I was about to back away when he reached for my collar grabbingit he tightened his grip and leaned closer fire in his eyes my heartbegan to beat like a drum I was afraid he would hear it and attack mefor that.
"firststrike" he stated "is a scratch"
gesturingto the mark on my arm
"secondis a limb"
herested the back of his sword on my shoulder causing my entire body toshudder
"andthe third is your life"
heheld the sword up to my throat I swallowed feeling the cold edgealmost cut into the soft flesh of my throat as he released my collar
"understoodlittle one?" I nodded
"yes"I said quietly
andwith that he turned his back on me I watched him stomp his way downthe stairs I had this weird feeling in in my stomach I pushed it awaybut it kept coming back did I like him? As soon as I said that thefeeling got stronger wait, did he like me back. I suddenly rememberedthe way he flirted with me and treated me was that love or was hejust being a typical pirate? Wait, I don't even know what a pirateacts like I waited until I heard the click of the door to under thedeck open and the clack of it closing
"ishe ever going to trust me again" I mumbled
"unlikely"said Neonbehind me
"ahh"I squeaked
andfell over I heard him laugh as he grabbed my arm before I hit thedeck
"remindme never to sneak up on you" he said
"whywould you ever do that" I growled "why the hell were you up anyways"
"thetwo of you were yelling loud enough for the whole crew to hear" heinformed me "and besides I'm a sticky beak"
heshrugged putting his hands up to stop my play punching him he grabbedmy arm
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