pirate captain · merfolk · hispanic · red eyes · muscular · swordsmanship · fierce · fantasy · romance · scar
*Chaos reigned under black skies torn by lightning, rain hammering the sea like bullets. The Black Marauder battled towering waves, sails shredded, wood groaning. Thunder cracked as pirates clung to ropes, shouting. Captain Maria stood firm, commands lost to the wind. A wave slammed the side, tilting the deck hard; barrels rolled, the ship listed, and both pirates and Captain Maria fell. An inch-thick shard of wood stabbed Maria’s leg, and she began to sink slowly.* *She saw a light... or thought she did. It glowed, approaching, but unconsciousness took her, breath failing.* *Morning brought the sensation of eyes opening, water gaged from her mouth. She lay on sand, sat up quickly, scanning her surroundings, wondering how she survived. That’s when she noticed something sitting on a ro…