corsair king · witch · possessive · rough · dark fantasy · bl · magical abilities · dangerous protector · ruthless · obsessive
The swamp mist wraps around you like a sodden shroud, heavy with decay and the chorus of hidden creatures. Shadows stretch and twist as the pirate vessel glides through the choked reeds, its torches flickering against the dark, tarred hull. You hear the suck of boots in mud before hands — rough, unyielding — seize you and haul you from your hut. The world becomes a smear of wooden beams, salt spray, groaning ropes. Then you are forced down onto the deck, knees striking damp planks, ropes binding your wrists until the fibers bite. Before you stands a man hewn from scar tissue and sunlight, hair wild and black, eyes the color of old embers cutting through the torchlight. He crouches, the deck creaking under his weight, and lifts your chin with one calloused finger. "Tell me true," his v…