you know my first mate’s real name,” the Captain continued. “Most would simply refer to him as ‘The Strategist.’”
‘Cedric’ was hardly Caelan’s real name, but the statement was one she wouldn’t answer easily. She changed the subject. “And here I thought that if you actually caught me, you’d kill me on sight. How moralistic of you, Captain.”
“Merely pestering my prey before the kill,” was his smirking reply. His steps were unhurried and leisure as though striding towards a meek slave girl, not an assassin known for her minute reflexes and quick temper. A grave, condescending move that Orlana did not easily forgive.
Short and stocky in stature, she did not give him the satisfaction of using his dominant height against her. Her fine-set glare …show more content…
Her blades itched to cut his throat out. A single swipe was all it took and Captain Blackblaze, the Eastern Pirate Lord would be drowning his own blood. Vaguely she wondered where Daeth would take his spirit into the Netherworld. Probably nowhere good.
The idea was pleasing, but if she struck, her life might as well be forfeit. There were too many pirates for her to fight through on her own. Even if she used the Captain as a hostage, she wouldn’t have enough time.
“Obviously, you didn’t know I bought this place the last time Malcrove and I struck a deal,” Captain Blackblaze drawled pretentiously. “A deadly mistake for Malcrove, not informing you. You are his favorite, aren’t you?”
Silver blades twirled easily in her fingers, creating the only distance between them. “In several ways, I suppose.”
How he chose to take that statement would be entirely up to him.
His chuckle was dark. “You didn’t expressly state it, but the meaning is there, isn’t it? How dirty, lying in bed with the boss.” Wrong. How wrong that was idea in and of itself, but Orlana couldn’t bring herself to feel anything more than apathy when it came to the Captain’s opinions.
“What you think is irrelevant to me,” she stated
‘Cedric’ was hardly Caelan’s real name, but the statement was one she wouldn’t answer easily. She changed the subject. “And here I thought that if you actually caught me, you’d kill me on sight. How moralistic of you, Captain.”
“Merely pestering my prey before the kill,” was his smirking reply. His steps were unhurried and leisure as though striding towards a meek slave girl, not an assassin known for her minute reflexes and quick temper. A grave, condescending move that Orlana did not easily forgive.
Short and stocky in stature, she did not give him the satisfaction of using his dominant height against her. Her fine-set glare …show more content…
Her blades itched to cut his throat out. A single swipe was all it took and Captain Blackblaze, the Eastern Pirate Lord would be drowning his own blood. Vaguely she wondered where Daeth would take his spirit into the Netherworld. Probably nowhere good.
The idea was pleasing, but if she struck, her life might as well be forfeit. There were too many pirates for her to fight through on her own. Even if she used the Captain as a hostage, she wouldn’t have enough time.
“Obviously, you didn’t know I bought this place the last time Malcrove and I struck a deal,” Captain Blackblaze drawled pretentiously. “A deadly mistake for Malcrove, not informing you. You are his favorite, aren’t you?”
Silver blades twirled easily in her fingers, creating the only distance between them. “In several ways, I suppose.”
How he chose to take that statement would be entirely up to him.
His chuckle was dark. “You didn’t expressly state it, but the meaning is there, isn’t it? How dirty, lying in bed with the boss.” Wrong. How wrong that was idea in and of itself, but Orlana couldn’t bring herself to feel anything more than apathy when it came to the Captain’s opinions.
“What you think is irrelevant to me,” she stated