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Prologue:
Under a setting sun a princess and captain lay free of worry and responsibility reveling in their shared intimacy.
"Princess, we must return to the castle, your parents will wonder why we've been gone so long."
"Mmmhmm. Let's just enjoy this a bit longer Killian, you have to leave for sea tomorrow, and I fully intend on enjoying my betrothed before he must leave me yet again."
Killian smiled to himself, he could scarcely believe her parents had agreed to the match and that the beautiful angel resting her head on his chest was soon to be his wife.
"Emma we must return, betrothed we may be, your parents would not approve of our –ahem- activities. Your father could take back his blessing."
Emma rose from her resting place and propping herself up on her elbow she raised a delicate brow,
"My parents adore you Killian, they would not have blessed the betrothal otherwise. Relax love. You will be gone for a week then back for the wedding preparations."
Their wedding was to take place in a fortnight and just before the kingdom would be in full swing with the preparations, Killian was to undertake a quick foray into a neighboring kingdoms port to retrieve his wedding present for his betrothed. Unfortunately, no one would be able to predict the wild tempest that would take the sea just two days into the Captain's journey. The ship blown completely off course to then be taken by pirates.
When news of the disaster reached the kingdom not three days before the wedding, Princess Emma fell into a deep depression, swearing to keep her heart locked up tight. Her love was lost to the sea presumed dead after months of searching. King David and Queen Snow begged their daughter to keep hope, and to live on for love would still be in her life. She need only keep a weather eye upon the horizon .