hekissed me slowly I was surprised and moved by his actions he loosenedhis grip on me and my hands shot up and started to run through hishair but It was pulled into a loose pony tail I yanked it teasinglyand he smiled against my lips as he allowed his hands to roam freelyaround my body avoiding the brises that took up most of the skin onmy body we moved to the middle of the bed I winced as his bodypressed against mine he readjusted his weight on me his hands rubbedmy thighs pulling them around him he kissed along my jaw and down myneck then over my shoulder then back up again he pulled away talkinginto my ear

"sleepwith me?" he cooed

itwas only then did I notice the room begin to grow dark I nodded andhe smiled shifting us too the side he pulled me closer at that time Ifelt too tired to think about the way my body was feeling right now Iwas just grateful he didn't ask for anything ... intimate I pulledthe blanket over us he had already closed his eyes and I smiled justas the dorm door opened

"RikardI---" Gallenttrailed off "oh?" he said his voice quietening "I see"

heclosed the door quietly I saw a smile tug at Rikardsfeatures but I saw no sign of him being awake so I snuggled closerpulling the blanket tighter over us I leaned forwards pressing mylips gently against his

"night"I muttered as I pulled away

Iwas surprised and slightly embarrassed when he answered me back hislips curling up into a smug grin

"nightmy little one" he said softly

witha smile that grew bigger turning my cheeks crimson

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Iwoke in the middle of the night to Rikardshand slowly stroking my side I smiled

"areyou sleeping?" he whispered

"Iwas" I told him

hepulled me back to him as he started talking in my ear

"alwaysyou" he whispered "first it was the Spanish then it was theQuilians whats so special about you that they chose to take you overand over again?, whats you story?" I froze

"Idon't want to talk about it" I said

"please?"he whispered "I have to know I want to know"

"Rikard"

"nosecrets, remember?" I sighed

"youwanted to know?" I mumbled I felt him nod "I'm a run away Itold him wanted in three directions soon to be wanted every where I'ma global treasure a scarlett letter even" he froze

Icould feel his heart beating faster against my back

"sowhat are you exactly?" he asked as my eyelids got heavier

"I'ma princess" I told him as I fell asleep again

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Iwoke up to Gallentshaking me I opened my eyes

"hmm?"I said

"Rikardwants you up" he told me I yawned

lookingleft and right Rikardwasn't here I forced myself up with anger flowing through me he leftlast night

"ifyour looking for Rikardhe didn't seem himself today and left the room pretty early" Istood up

"goodcause I'm going to beat the crap out of him"

Istepped forwards on my bad leg I cringed as I allowed my anger to getworse black dots clouded my vision I gasped holding my hip I feltGallentgrab me as I buckled forwards and fainted the last thing I heard was

'holdon I'll go get Rikard'

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Iwoke to someone stroking my hair away from my face it was RikardI blinked a few times then my anger forced it's way back into my bodyI sat up turning too him I opened my mouth he seemed to sense what Iwas about to go on about

"pleasedon't yell" he pleaded and I furrowed my eyebrows

"don'tyell?" I growled "don't yell you can't stand there and tell me todo something after yo--"

heleaned over and kissed me hard going onto his knees so he couldbetter satisfy his need for me but that wasn't enough I wanted moreof him I pulled closer to me his tongue ran over my lower lip Iopened my mouth and his tongue slid between my lips he pulled away tocatch his breath

"Ishould be angry at you" I breathed my chest rising and falling hepursed his lips lightly before smiling down at me with his perfectalmost white teeth

"later"he cooed kissing me again

histongue stroked mine as he manipulated me to lay on my back he smiledinto the kiss pulling away slowly and I sat up

"come"he said patting the pillow "lay down"

andI obeyed my anger long forgotten I laid down as he started to tend tomy side and time ticked by and I began to trace circles in he bedsheets

"whydid you run away?" he asked suddenly as he bandaged my woundtightly

"becausemy parents didn't love me I was a pawn to them I was never love a dayin my life I was always handed off to someone else the minute Iwanted attention I was to them at the time a thing to be traded agood to be sol-- ahh" I cried and he pulled his hand back

"sorry"

"it'sokay" I told him as I continued "so then I decided to learn aboutnavigation and run away mainly from my parents and the prince I wassuppose to marry and that's how I ended up here" he sighed

hepaid careful attention to me hip we didn't say anything for a whileuntil I asked a daunting question

"whydid you become a pirate?" I asked he smiled sadly

"thesame reason as you no love I channelled that into being a pirate"

"really"?I said "how come?"

hiseyes seemed to glaze over as soon as the word had left my mouthregret washed over me

"well"he said "my mother died when I was five and my father was never thesame again and treated me and my brothers like we were nothing hetreated me the worst and so I decided when I had turned 17 I would goand I did only to be made around six years ago captain" he sighedlike a great weight had been lifted off of his chest

hestood up and laid beside me pulling me closer he closed his eyes andI did too drifting off into a peaceful sleep

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twoweeks later

Istretched my body feeling great as my clothes shifted as i turned onto my side I rested my hand on something solidthat was defiantly not the bed a hand rested against my head I openedmy eyes then looked up my head was on Rikardstomach I looked at him and he smiled

"morningsunshine" he cooed

Iblinked a few times then I sat up quickly wincing in pain Rikardpulled me back to him

"Ithink that's the longest I've ever slept" he told me and I smiled

"doesthat mean I can go back to sleep?" I asked making an attemptto lie down

"no"he told me

keepingme up right I pushed back on him as hard as my body would allow buthe only chuckled at me moving his mouth to my ear

"toldyou I'd find you" he whispered

"thatyou did" I said "and I'm grateful for that but, ... I would havesome how wounded back here again and even if I didn't--"

Ifelt his grip tighten on me and his face contorted into a painfulexpression that was probably made even more painful because of hiswounded face

"ifyou didn't" Rikardinterrupted "you would have lost your life and I would have lostthe only reason I have to keep on li--" he was interrupted by aknock on the door he jumped

"Rikard"Gallentcalled

thedoor was swung open he saw us and I blushed

"captain"Gallentsaid smirking at us

Ilooked to Rikardwho had shot Gallenta I-was-in-the-middle-of-something look

"there'sa ship on the horizon" he said with an apologetic glance to both ofus

Rikardquickly pulled away from me slipping off the bed he walked forwards

"showme" he commanded

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