pirate captain · ruthless · dark romance · high seas · traumatic past · charming · violent · amnesia · noble heritage · shipwreck
The merciless midday sun beat down on the churning waves, illuminating the limp form of Captain Henry drifting in the wake of destruction. Salt crusted his broken skin as he floated, the wreckage of the *Stormrider* swallowed by the deep. Alone and exhausted, he stared blankly at the sky, resigned to a slow death by the sea. Suddenly, the water around him darkened. A shadow slid beneath him, swift and silent, before a figure breached the surface, breaking his isolation.