So happy for those of you who have returned to enjoy the sequel to Tiger in the Sunset. Some new things will progress through this part in the story, new characters, new love stories and even old characters supporting coming to enjoy the fun. Which is exactly why I highly suggest that you either read Tiger in the Sunset over again or read it if you haven't already because this part will contain many references. Anyways, I really want to thank all of the people that reviewed, followed, and favorited my story. It really means a lot to me.

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Chapter 1

Vaas walked over to Lunetta as she sat in the sand and relished in the salty air watching the sun as it rose and smiling as though the world was a greater place. He sighed, taking a seat beside her, his knees bent, elbows hanging off of them. He stared out into the amorous scene before glancing back at her and noticing how at peace she looked. He knew that look, it was a look he had when he had left his sister to start a new life and Vaas hoped Lunetta would start hers. He had spent all night searching for the perfect ring just for her, he gathered flowers, and even took a shower after not having taken one for two days.

He wanted her to accept him as her true mate, but all that changed this morning. When he saw her with Benny he felt angered and distant, he was confused about women from that point on. He had never worked his way to gain one's attention because he never needed to, but he had his eyes set on Luna, he hoped to gain her in the long run. She was an ally to him now, whether she lied to him about things or not, he didn't need to know. For once in a long while... Vaas felt comfort, something he hadn't recognized until he saw her. There was something about her that made him feel... Different...

"Lunetta." He rasped out, she looked over at him and as calmly as he had ever heard her sound, she answered with a polite.

"Yes?"

"Why Benny? What's wrong with me?"

"I don't want to love anyone right now... It hurts." She dropped her head down and fiddled with the sand, moving her legs into an Indian style position. Vaas wasn't one for sentimental bullshit and he probably wasn't as in love as he claimed he was, but all he wanted was her in that moment. Not because she was beautiful and strong, but because she understood, she finally understood what he had been trying to tell her all along. Especially earlier when she pointed the gun at him, released the mag and made her speech, he knew she finally understood. She was so strong that he had no choice, but to accept her extremely recognizable acting earlier on, that didn't mean he hadn't succeeded in making her see the whole picture of things... That family did nothing for you and love was just another lie.

"You don't have to love anyone, I am not asking for that. Right now, I need a woman who deserved the tattou and accepts who she truly is."

"I'm not just a tiger though..." She snorted to herself as though there was an inside joke to it, Vaas leaned on one elbow into the sand and grinned at her.

"Then what else?"

"I'm a moon too... A blood moon." So it was official, she had fallen in love with Vaas, he had known that she had because she said love hurt. It wasn't the love for her brother that hurt, it was the love for a monster and he could see it in her eyes when she answered him. He smirked proudly, prideful of the woman she had become in these past few days. She wasn't going to leave him, he wasn't going to allow it, she was going to start over... This time forever with him.


5 years later...

He was running, a pirate, across an empty path splitting the jungle in two. He had a small, yet wide long box in his hand. He was sprinting though, running across a bridge that went over a small canyon dropping down to a waterfall that led towards the beach. The sun was almost fully in the sky and Vaas had given the man strict orders to deliver his package before then. The pirate however, made the mistake of taking his time and due to his lack of luck his jeep had ran out of gas.

He didn't relent in his fast pace despite the long distance, he was almost there and he didn't want to risk not making it there in time because the last man that did that got shot. You see this wasn't the first time Vass had sent her gifts. The first gift was a bomb, a bomb because she had decided to forget her life as a pirate after only being one for a month. The second was a sorry note and a bouquet of flowers he had bought from each spanish speaking part of Spain, she sent back an acceptance letter. The third was a diamond necklace made directly from the shiny gems found in the depths of Africa. The reason these things were imported was because Hoyt had suggested he gain her attention by buying her interesting items, unique to only her so that no one else on the island may have them and no one else could win her heart. The fourth one was on its way at the moment and it was the most delicate of all.

Vaas would be lying if he said he wasn't obsessed with Luna. She had woven her way easily into his heart, if he even had one. She still pissed him off, they had sex for the first time and the day right after, she just left. She left because she didn't want to be a pirate anymore and she knew Vaas would never give up such a lifestyle for her. She found a secluded hut at the top of the mountain for Raiza and herself to stay in and they hadn't left it since. Vaas was angry in the beginning, in fact he had twice thought about murdering her, but he could never do that. He respected her too much to do that. He found her eventually and it was a rough patch for him to not go and see her.

Vaas never visited because he knew she would hate him for it and as much as it pissed him off, he had grown to like Luna. It wasn't love, at least that was what he believed, she wasn't in love either or at least that is what she believed. So they continued this cycle of sending gifts to one another on Valentine's day each year instead of seeing each other and phones weren't on Luna's agenda so this was his only choice. Her gifts weren't flimsy either, in fact he wondered how she had come across such expensive things on an island in the middle of nowhere.

The first gift to him was a box of Belgium chocolates, he wondered how she got it hem, but never asked. And the second gift was a gold watch, in pristine condition, plus it glowed in the dark. He never wore it, Vaas wasn't a watch person, but he left it beside his bed because it was from her.

He still wanted to marry her, to him marriage was a claim and writ of ownership. He wanted to own Lunetta as the woman he loved, but recently there had been plenty more trouble with the Arakyat on the island so he had no time to give her the ring he had made for her. He had kept that ring for three years straight because... He wanted her to be his.

As for Hoyt, his daughter and him didn't bother at all with one another. She hadn't seen him and he hadn't seen her and no contact was involved. Lunetta spent her time at the car garage working on broken down vehicles, Benny hadn't talked to her since the incident five years ago and she hadn't really seemed to care. She wasn't lonely physically, Raiza had grown up just a smudge and still remained in Lunetta's care. Together the two girls shared a bond that Lunetta never knew she could have with someone, they were like sisters. She was just about fourteen and in a lot of ways reminded Lunetta of herself when she was young. Lunetta was twenty-four now and although it was a mere five years, her appearance had changed a lot. Her features had matured and became more narrow, her hair had grown longer from its once inch short life and her skin had crisped to a tan brown.

She went hunting every morning and went to sleep when her body felt it neccesary. She was making scrambled eggs when the pirate had arrived, she couldn't help the smile that crossed her lips. Raiza ran from her room in a green sun dress, her black long hair braided into a bun hanging at the back of her head, she was much talle rnow having grown to Lunetta's shoulders by now. Lunetta turned to answer the door, she was wearing black board shorts and a tank top. Raiza went to sit at her seat around the round table in the center of the kitchen before Lunetta opened the door.

The pirate breathlessly held up Vaas's gift and Lunetta accepted it with a smile. The pirate turned to leave, but Lunetta snatched his forearm to stop him.

"I have something for Vaas." The pirate let out a huff of air, the bandanna that wrapped his head nearly flying off. She placed the box on the table before reaching for the brown paper bag she had taped shut that resided on her seat.

She walked over to the door handing the pirate the bag, in which he began sprinting away again. She closed the door and turned to Raiza leaning her back into it and taking a deep breath, Raiza was eating the plate of eggs and toast that had been waiting for her. Lunetta walked over to her seat across from the young girl with an exhausted look on her face and she plopped down into the wooden chair. She hadn't had a chance to sit down since earlier this morning.

"So what did Vaas get you this time?"

"I don't know." She grabbed the box that she had placed on the table, she pulled open one side and held it upside down so that another box would slip out. it was much smaller and in the shape of a square.

"He gets you a lot of fancy stuff."

"I know... He isn't so bad once you get to know him." She held up the square box before her in her palm, she stared down at it with a look of apprehension, shakily opening the box. Inside was a diamond ring, the diamond was enormous and a bit excessive, but just right for the overall size of the ring, Lunetta's breath caught in her throat and Raiza sat up, rushing around the table to stand beside her.

"I-It's a ring?" Lunetta breathlessly panted out, questioning her own sanity, her eyes widened as she peered at the luxurious piece of jewelry.

"It is." Raiza confirmed, placing her hands on either side of her shoulders.

"Do you think..." Lunetta's words trailed off and she gulped, she never thought Vaas would ask her to marry him.

"I don't know. Look." Raiza reached a hand over to pull out a folded envelope that stuck out of the box. She lifted it up, Lunetta shakily placed the box down to snatch the envelope from her, she sat up without a word and walked into her room, adjacent from the kitchen.

She sat down on the edge of the bed and slowly unfolded the envelope, a smudge of red resided on the edge of it. Lunetta assumed he must have killed some of the rejects before writing this. She ripped open the letter and swiftly unfolded the paper inside with unsteady hands. Raiza leaned against the door and crossed her arms, watching as Lunetta's eyes scrolled over the firm handwriting. She had never seen Vaas's handwriting before, every letter was in caps, but it was straight and italicized naturally. Her breathing picked up as she read over the letter, Raiza had gotten use to how Lunetta reacted to things of this nature, she could even recall the day that Vaas sent her a bouquet of flowers and a sorry note.

"What does it say?" Lunetta awkwardly angled her head to glance over at Raiza, she bit her bottom lip with a nervous look, Raiza stomped over and wrenched the letter from Lunetta's hands, she made no protest as Raiza began to read it aloud:

DEAR LUNA,

MY SUN, MY MOON, MY SEA, MY UNDYING DEVOTION GOES TO YOU. IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE BOTH HAVE SEEN EACH OTHER, IT HAS BEEN FOREVER SINCE I HAVE HEARD YOUR SWEET VOICE. I LEAVE WITH YOU THE VERY RING I WISHED TO PROPOSE TO YOU WITH YEARS AGO, IN HOPES THAT YOU WILL COME SEE ME AND ACCEPT ME INTO YOUR SOUL. IN RETURN YOU WILL RECEIVE WHATEVER YOU CRAVE AND BE MY SUBMISSIVE QUEEN. I AM HOSTING A PARTY AT MY COMPOUND TONIGHT AND I WANT YOU TO BE THERE AT MY SIDE. I WILL ACCEPT WHATEVER ANSWER YOU GIVE, BUT I STRONGLY SUGGEST IT TO BE THE SMARTER ONE.

FOREVER YOURS

VAAS MONTENEGRO

P.S. I SPRAYED SOME OF MY COLOGNE ON THE ENVELOPE FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT, THE PARTY IS AT 7! DON'T BE LATE AND IF YOU DON'T SHOW, I WILL FIND YOU. LOVE VAAS.

Raiza peeked up from the letter to see Lunetta sniffing the envelope intently, her eyes closed shut. Lunetta always loved the scent of Vaas's cologne, she had told him that plenty of times when he let her stay in the same room as him while she was a pirate. She had to admit she missed a lot of things about Vaas, but was in denial that she had ever loved him at all. Raiza was older now and although she never understood the relationship that the two of them shared, she still noticed that Lunetta was in love and Vaas was probably to.

She still hated Vaas, especially since he killed her Grandmother who was the only family left before Vaas shot her and promised that she would never respect him and Lunetta had, Raiza worried for Lunetta sometimes, they had a lot in common. Lunetta told her that was why she left him, she left him because he was too murderous and abusive and those few traits were rubbing off on her. Another reason was Vaas's mood swings, Vaas would say that she was his world and then moments later hit her for doing something wrong. She couldn't love a man that killed all the time and most certainly she couldn't love a man that hit her. She did though.

Raiza knew it. She knew because she saw it in Raiza's eyes when a pirate brought a gift, she saw it in her eyes when she dreamily stared out the window while cleaning dishes and she heard it when Lunetta cried into her pillow at night. Lunetta was a lonely woman, she would say that she preferred it, but she always had a fear of loneliness, when Vaas came around she met someone that she could connect with, someone that she could love and that was why she left because she knew that love could hurt someone, she didn't want to get hurt again.

"You should go." Raiza said softly, even though she didn't support Lunetta being any closer to Vaas than she already had been, she acknowledged that Lunetta also didn't have the mental strength to continue on like this. Raiza jumped onto the bed beside Lunetta, Lunetta's eyes flashed open and she shook her head vigorously.

"No. We have to leave... THIS island! We have to go!" Lunetta went to stand up, but Raiza grabbed her hand and pulled her back down to sit on the bed, she noticed that the envelope was still in clenched firmly in her hand.

"You need to face this Lunetta, you love him."

"No, I don't!" Lunetta blared, she stood up and began to pace back and forth every so often bringing the envelope up to sniff the scented paper.

"Yes you do..." Lunetta stopped, her dark brown eyes looking up into nothingness, she was staring off into a dream, a life unlike the one she was given. She had never wanted to marry or have kids, but that didn't mean she couldn't dream.

"What if he-"

"I have a feeling he won't." Lunetta glanced over at Raiza and stared deeply into her eyes.

"I will just talk to him about it. That's the only reason I am going."

"But you have to give him an answer." Lunetta turned her head to look out the door, straight across to the ring box sitting like a platter on the table, just waiting for Lunetta to dig into.

"He is just joking." She said in a hushed tone.

"No, he isn't." Lunetta closed her eyes and took a deep breath, boring down at the envelope crumbled lightly between her fingers, a tear drifted from her left eye and down her cheek dripping down onto the paper and absorbing itself into the thin pouch.

"I'll go, you are good at dressing up, Raiza. What do I wear?" Raiza smiled and stood up walking over to the dresser across the bed, she opened the bottom drawer and lifted an article of clothing from the bottom, she lifted it up to show Lunetta, Lunetta's eyes widened and she nodded. "Are you sure?"

"He will love it."