Hi! Lily's situation has gone from bad to worse and she has to employ some...interesting tactics in order to get out of it, but will she succeed?
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Chapter 9
Lily ran, her feet hitting the cobbles painfully with every step, she had to get away from that man...he had come to take her away.
"Come on." She urged herself, forcing herself to run even faster. Picking up her skirt she hurtled round the corner and ran straight into Samuel.
"What do you think you're doing?" He snapped angrily, grabbing her roughly by the shoulders and holding her at arms length. Then the moonlight revealed her face and he gasped.
"You!"
Lily struggled but he was too strong, to shout for help would be foolish as it would draw the other pirates.
"Please, let me go!" She begged, straining against his grip, but he only smirked and drew in a breath to shout for assistance.
"No!" She shouted desperately, slapping her hand over his mouth. "You can't!"
He pushed her off and forced her arms behind her back.
"Believe me, I can."
Twisting round to face him Lily assumed her most imploring look, wide eyes and trembling lips – it worked every time.
"Don't bother." He told her in a bored voice and her expression changed to one of shock as he picked her up, slung her over his shoulder and began walking towards the dock.
"Put me down! This is most improper!" She demanded, hitting his back with as much force as she could muster, he just rolled his eyes and carried on walking.
"Help! Put me down at once! I'll scream until I'm hoarse, I tell you I will!" She screamed, adding some kicks into the equation. He grunted as her foot connected with his chest and dropped her, sending her sprawling across the pavement.
Lily scrambled to her feet but before she could run he was in front of her, each hand either side of her face, caging her in.
"Look either you come quietly or I'll knock you out and make you come quietly." He threatened, his dark hair falling into his eyes as he leaned over her.
Lily forced herself to think, it was nearly impossible with him looming over her like that. Unless...the thought struck her that she could try and seduce him, maybe it would confuse him enough so that she could get away. Nothing else had worked...she might as well...yes. She had nothing to lose.
"It seems I don't have a choice." She sighed and looked up into his eyes, slowly she reached out and swept the hair out of his face and he caught her wrist in a grasp that hurt. Lily drew in a sharp breath but did not flinch, instead she moved even closer to him.
"You are so strong...I don't know why I even tried..." She said with a smile. He narrowed his eyes and she draped her other arm around his neck, putting almost no space between them,
"That's very attractive in a man you know." She whispered in his ear, cringing internally and praying it worked.
Samuel pushed her back against the wall and she caught her breath as he brushed her neck with his lips – he wasn't supposed to take it that far! She could feel his breath on her neck, his lips were at her ear.
"Nice try." He growled and she closed her eyes in frustration.
"I hate you." She said coldly and he laughed,
"You've changed your tune."
"Get used to it."
"Implying you'll come along?"
"It doesn't look like I have much of a choice." She snapped and he grinned widely,
"You just hate that don't you?"
A new idea struck Lily and she slipped out from under his hold.
"Fine. Let's go." She said impatiently. He raised his eyebrows in surprise and placed a hand on her shoulder, ready to set off but she shrugged his hand off.
"I can walk by myself, it's fine I won't run off." She said innocently but he just laughed,
"Yeah right, you must think I''m stupid." He said, grabbing her arm and pulling her along.
"Pretty much." She agreed, past caring that she was being abominably rude.
"Not all lower class people are idiots you know." He pointed out bitterly and she made a frustrated noise.
"Look – I have no problem with the lower classes! It's you who keeps making me seem like I do. Get off I can walk on my own!" Real tears of fatigue and frustration sprang into her eyes and she turned away
"You can cry all you like; I'm not letting go of you." He said and she gave a contemptuous sniff.
"You just can't keep your hands off of me."
"Don't flatter yourself." He countered.
They went for some time without speaking but just as they were about to turn the corner into the dock a figure ran round and skidded to a halt in front of them.
"Lily!" The man yelled and went to grab her but Samuel pulled her back, Lily craned her neck to see who it was and to her amazement saw Thomas.
"Thomas? What are you doing?" She asked, her head spinning with all that had happened since they'd last met.
"Your mother told me you were missing so I came looking for you, thank god you're alright!" He said glaring at Samuel.
"I command you to let her go, sir." Thomas continued, addressing Samuel, but he merely pulled a gun from his belt.
"Let me pass" Samuel ordered, Thomas's eyes bulged at the sight of the gun.
"Samuel don't!" Lily screamed, trying to take the weapon from him but he pushed her aside easily.
"Not without her." Thomas shouted, drawing himself up to his full height. Lily noticed that even so he was at least a head shorter than Samuel.
"Aren't you protective." Samuel mocked, Thomas narrowed his eyes.
"Just give her to me, I can pay you."
Lily was starting to get annoyed at the way she was spoken about like a valuable object, she was a girl, not an expensive wardrobe.
"How about this," Samuel said, swinging her round and holding her against his chest in order to place the gun against her head. "You let us pass or I'll shoot her, some knight in shining armor you'd be then."
Thomas looked at him, dumbfounded.
"Have you no heart?" He asked incredulously.
"No." Lily replied for him and Samuel applied more pressure to her head making her wince.
"Thank you Thomas but there's nothing you can do." She continued in a softer voice.
"Yeah listen to the girl, she's speaking sense for once." Samuel goaded and Lily stepped on his foot, disregarding the loaded gun completely.
Thomas swallowed and stepped back, his eyes never leaving Lily's as she was taken away from him.
"I'll get you back." He promised but she was too far away to hear.
Lily was out of escape plans and, to be honest, she accepted that her attempts had been fairly idiotic. So she stumbled along, pulled by Samuel and she knew that they had nearly reached the docks.
"You'll burn in hell for this." She told Samuel matter-of-factly and he scoffed at her.
"Probably."
The gate to the docks loomed in front of them and Lily (in a last-ditch effort) dug her heels into the ground and forced him to stop.
"Name your terms." She said bluntly.
"What terms?" He asked, rolling his eyes. Lily was momentarily distracted by their vivid color but snapped out of it.
"I'll do anything, just tell me what I can do and then let me go." She never broke eye contact, arching an eyebrow and waiting for his response.
He looked at her for a minute then burst out laughing, Lily just sighed and crossed her arms; he had a surprisingly nice laugh for someone so very worthy of her loathing.
"Anything?" He asked, his grin still in place. Lily shrugged,
"Anything."
He leaned against the gate and regarded her silently, a certain look in his striking eyes that made her uncomfortable.
"Alright, kiss me then." He said, his grin broadening.
Lily's head jerked up in surprise.
"What?" She started to protest but he cut her off.
"You heard." He said calmly, folding his arms.
"But -" She spluttered, this was not what she'd had in mind! "I meant...I don't know...money or something!"
"Well you told me to name my terms." He reasoned, shrugging, "So I've named them."
Lily breathed in sharply, the nerve of him! Standing there as if he had a perfect right to demand this of her! She was about to refuse when she caught the glint of challenge in his beautiful eyes and swallowed her pride – this was about her freedom.
Taking a deep breath she stepped closer to him, he didn't move from his spot but watched her closely still with the arrogant smile on his face. Lily's heart began to beat faster, he was so tall. But he could never know that he intimidated her, she forced her face into it's usual, haughty expression as she moved another step closer.
There was hardly any space between them now and she could almost sense his presence – menacing and self-assured.
They were almost touching now.
You have no choice, she told herself, just do it.
She raised a hand and placed it on his cheek, their eyes met and she steeled herself. Their lips met, at first it was simply a light touch but he grabbed her shoulders, pulling her closer and the kiss became more passionate. She resisted but he didn't let go so she gave in, surrendering to the kiss that was quite unlike the demure pecks she'd endured from other suitors. Then, all at once, she remembered herself and pulled away, pressing a hand to her lips.
He smirked and she clenched her fists.
"Well...there we go." She said rather awkwardly and he gave a short laugh. There seemed nothing else to say so she turned on her heel and was about to walk away but found herself lifted off her feet again and carried roughly through the gates and along the dock.
"NO!" She screamed, hitting Samuels back with her fists but he only laughed. "YOU PROMISED! PUT ME DOWN – DAMN YOU PUT ME DOWN!"
"What good is a promise to a pirate?" He drawled, never breaking his stride.
"NO, NO, NO!" Lily let out a blood-curdling scream, pounding on his back.
"Shut up." He advised her calmly. "We're here."
"I don't want to be here!" She cried but he lowered her to the ground and seized her hair.
Lily sobbed once at the pain in her scalp and then quietened as she saw the gigantic ship in front of her. It was the ship she'd seen the day she'd lost her parasol...the ship with black sails.
Footsteps made her tense and she shivered as several rough looking pirates ran past her, leering and making crude remarks as they passed and ran up the gangway of the ship.
The next thing she knew was a cloth pressed to her mouth, then everything went black.
