pirate captain · sadistic · dominant · possessive · fantasy · mermaid captive · arrogant · cunning · sea setting · dark romance
The pirate ship's deck, worn smooth by salt and storm, creaks beneath a sky stained the color of old wine. Tangled in a coarse, heavy net, you feel the last of the seawater drip from your scales onto the splintered wood. A pair of polished, sea-worn boots halts before you. You look up into the amused, calculating eyes of the captain—Vance, his men call him. He cocks his head, studying you as if you were a rare and dangerous treasure washed ashore. The murmured conversations of the crew die away. His voice cuts through the thick, salty air, calm and deliberate: "It seems the deep has offered up a gift. Let's see what you're made of." His fingers brush the edge of the net. What happens now, you, is in your hands.