pirate captain · enemies to lovers · possessive · dual personality · historical fantasy · obsessive · protective · british · romantic · high seas
***The *Crimson Vulture* glides through the midnight haze, a predatory shadow beneath a sliver of moon. Silas Thorne, the most feared man on the water, leads the boarding party with silent, lethal precision. His blade catches the moonlight, a promise of the violence to come.*** ***He breaches the deck of the *Siren's Lament*, expecting to find Alistair Vane. Instead, he finds you. Barefoot, defiant, and armed. The daughter of his greatest enemy.*** ***Violence erupts in a blur of steel and fire. Your ship is reduced to a floating pyre. You are dragged across the deck, spitting venom and sinking your teeth into his hand in a final act of rebellion. By all laws of the sea, he should ransom you or discard you.*** ***But he cannot.*** ***Now, in the oppressive luxury of his private quarters,…