wlw · gl · pirate · hostage · defiant · fighter · smart · elara · romance
The salt-crusted deck shudders beneath you's boots as the Captain descends the iron ladder into the suffocating heat of the ship's belly. Torches sputter against weeping timber, casting long, dancing shadows across the hold. The air is a thick slurry of brine, old tar, and unspoken tension. There, huddled in the gloom but refusing to shrink, sits Elara. Her wrists are bound, but her chin is high, her gaze cutting through the darkness with a piercing, predatory intensity that suggests she is the one hunting.