Chapter 1

The swords clashed. The metal rang through the deck of the Jolly Roger.
The shouts of sailors who followed the fight climbed in the air. Gambling, encouraging, laughing. But nothing was better than the looks of the two pirates that were fighting.

One of them smirked. One leg came to his direction and he quickly grabbed it. With one motion, he sends the other to the ground, kneeling beside him, throwing the sword aside and putting his blade in the throat of his opponent.

- Still better than you, lass. Did you not learn anything during the three years I was away? - He said in a whispered voice.

A sly smile opened up in the lips of the girl.

- Oh, I learned. Very well. - She noticed that he shortened the distance between them.

Taking advantage of the momentary distraction, the girl gave him a knee to the side and stood over him, holding a dagger against his throat.

- Apparently, it was you who do not learn anything. - Retorted the girl with a little twinkle in her dark brown eyes.

- Finally, you found your match, my lad.

An older man, with grey thick beard, came over and offered his hand to the girl who accepted it with a smile.

- My daughter from the heart, Tinkerbell, and my blood son, Killian. - Magnus Jones uttered to the crew of his pirate ship, who applauded the two combatants.