Antonio had it all planned. Everything. Nothing could go wrong. The new explosives expert was just as good as his. The girl was tied to a chair that was normally at his desk and was still out cold. Her chest rose and fell with the same rhythm of the wave underneath them. The more Antonio looked at her, the more he thought that she could never pass off as a man. She was a smallish girl, built with fine muscles under tan skin. Her legs were long and thin from swing around the rigging. The captain of the fallen dragon's hair was dyed red with blood. Antonio was intrigued by this demon in front of him. Fascinated.
He moved towards her a little, slowly, softly. Tentatively. He picked up a strand of the blood red hair that was hanging in her face and moved it to the side of her face, trying to see more of the captain's fine features. As he moved it, a beam of light flickered off a tiny diamond impaled in her skin. He smiled, a small smile, a cute smile.
"Good morning." He said very quietly, not expecting an answer. Instead of his anticipated silence, he heard a small reply.
"Go to hell." Jay said, her eyes suddenly alive with anger. The purple stones glittered.
"I said good morning." Antonio said again, trying for a better response. He moved in closer and breathed his next few words into his captive's ear. "My name is Antonio. This is my ship, the Curse. You comply to my wishes and I keep you safe." Antonio nipped Jay's ear.
"I said go to hell. You gave my ship to your sister and took me away from my crew, most likely killed my crew and-" Antonio kissed her hard on the mouth.
"And you get me." He breathed the words into her mouth as she struggled. "Sooner or later you'll forget and drown." His words slithered down Jay's spine, creating a tingling feeling of foreboding. This man was dangerous.
"Try as you might, I'm not breaking. I will not bow." Jay's tone was as hard as ice. Antonio moved in closer, pressing her to the chair and trapping her between the hard wood and his warm body. "Tell me why you show mercy. I killed your cabin boy and you still show me mercy."
Antonio's smile dropped to the ground and shattered.
"I'm trying to save a soul from hell." the captain of the ship said softly in his captive's ear. "I have sent too many." He pressed his lips to the soft skin behind her ear and removed himself from the dragon's demon. "I'll see you at dinner. You have until then to change your mind."
"... Go to hell." Jay said after a small pause.
Antonio turned at the door and winked. "Be nice to the cat."
"Cat?" Jay muttered as he slammed the door behind him. "What fucking cat?!"
And then she heard it. A meow.
"Le meow." A honeyed meow, a practiced meow, an 'I'm gonna sleep on your boobs' meow. And it made Jay's skin crawl. A cat slunk out from the shadows behind Antonio's desk. It was a sleek, well fed cat with shiny fur. It sauntered towards Jay and jumped up in her lap.
"Le meow."
"ANTONIO!"