So I'm really hesitant to put this up—but decided to have a go at it to see if anyone might like it. I have a lot already written but would really love feedback on what the readers think of it. I know it's only the prologue but even so—any review good or bad will honestly determine if I put up more.
Prelude~
It was the same dream since she had left the University and gotten out of the hospital; she's surrounded by an ocean with only a thin stretch of land for her to stand on, a bed nearby. She's holding a lantern in order to see but can't see past the pale light—but she knows he's there. The tune picks up and she finds herself singing those reoccurring words with his smooth voice joining in.
"The ship it swayed heave ho heave ho on the dark and stormy blue. And I held tight to the captains might as he pulled up his trews. 'You haven't slept' heave ho he said 'In many suns and moons.' 'Oh I will sleep when we reach shore and pray we get there soon'." he seems to be all around her, teasing her as she tries in vain to find his figure with the lantern light. His voice then turns from mock concern to a coo as he with some unseen force pushes her to lie down on the bed, the lantern set aside so that she can only just make out his thin figure. He leans over her, pressing his upper half against hers as she whispers,
"The captain howled heave ho heave ho and tied me up with sheets. A storm is brewing in the south," then he presses his nose to the crook of her neck purring,
"It's time you go to sleep." they continue with the next verse, his hand coming to cup her chin so she can see his face; well, whatever the pale light allows her too. All she ever sees are pale blue eyes. He allows her to sit up as she begs him,
"Captain, captain I will do your chores. I will warm your cot at night and mop your cabin floors. Scold me, hold me, I'll be yours to keep. The only thing I beg of you—don't make me go to sleep." he just stares at her with those eyes that burn a hole in her very core as a burst of lightning illuminates the area but as always he's in shadows; as if the lightning knows to hide his face. Again he pushes her to the bed, one hand trailing up her inner thigh as she whimpers,
"The curtains ran between my legs as we began to sink. I closed my eyes heave ho heave ho as the ship was rent and felled. Eddies in the water headed to the mouth of Hell." as she whimpers she closes her eyes trying to ignore the hand caressing her inner thigh before it pulls away as she tosses her head to one side.
"Hush now, hush love here's your gown, there's the bed, lanterns down." they sing together as she tries in vain to sit up but he's pinned both hands over her head with his eyes of blue fire.
"I'm begging you please wake me up, I'm all my dreams I—" but she doesn't finish as she bolts awake in a thin sheen of sweat panting; she had seen his face! Only as soon as she sees it clear as day it fades just as quickly leaving her feeling empty inside. Why—why must this dream haunt her always? Closing her eyes, she lies awake for the rest of the night—afraid to go back to sleep.
