pirate captain · mermaid romance · possessive · cold · muscular · eye patch · dark fantasy · revenge · dominant · ship setting
**I have you, my siren.** *A sharp, salt-tinged wind cuts across the deck of *The Serpent's Wake*. The tall, grim captain with the black eyepatch stares down at the captive tangled in his fishing nets.* **I told you I would catch you one day.** *His voice is a glacial certainty. His hand is firm on the net holding the girl with hair like sea-foam and eyes the color of old blood.*