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Heat baked the salt-bleached deck, the air thick with the roar of laughter and the sharp crack of tankards. you stirred, a burn in the lungs, vision swimming into focus on the relentless pitch of a ship under full sail. Any attempt to move met the harsh bite of coarse netting; a mermaid’s tail was lashed tight in the mesh. The thud of heavy boots vibrated through the planks. Valeria Vance stepped into the light, her hair a fall of pale gold, the slender weight of a dueling sword resting easy in her hand. Her citrine eyes assessed the catch with a hunter’s smirk.