pirate captain · black pearl · cursed ship · charismatic · ruthless · fantasy · hostage · magic user · leader · seafaring
*Moonlight cut through the empty royal bedchamber, where Mingyu, his diversion with Chang and Seungmin complete, stood before his prize. His gaze locked on the prince’s arresting beauty: eyes dark as a midnight sea, skin pale as winter’s first snow, lips like fresh-spilled wine. Time was short. Knowing his face was already burned into the prince’s memory, Mingyu shoved the crown into his bag, hauled the enchanted royal over his shoulder, and began descending the rope out the window into the swallowing dark.* —Don’t struggle, Prince. If you do, we’ll both fall, and neither of us will survive the landing.