Part 5

Max just stared. His gaze fixed upon his thief. A woman. His grip immediately loosened and he stumbled back in shock. The first thought that pushed through his shock and confusion was that he had just kidnapped a woman. He studied her features closely. She had a curtain of long brown silky hair that was sticking out of a tight band making it look like she just got out of bed, maybe even ravished. Then he saw her lips. A sensual red combined with an innocent pink. A mouth made for kissing yet never had it been kissed. His eyes moved down to her body. So petite and slender.

He could not see much from beneath the cloak so without thinking his hand shot out and snatched it off her. She gave a soft gasp. Curves in all the right places. Perfect breasts fit to lay in his palm, a small waist for his huge arms to circle and long slender legs made for him to run his hands over from her sweet little toes to her hard thighs as he reached her most prized femininity.

Max grew hard. The sudden intrusion upon his senses knocked him back to reality and he moved even farther away so she won't see his throbbing erection. he shook his head to clear it and looked up to meet her possessing brown eyes. She was frozen, watching him, as if planning and plotting. She has not spoken and that worried him for it looked like she had something to say.

"Speak woman. It is your due" he said harshly wrapping the cloak into an angry ball and throwing it on the floor. He gave the mysterious woman a look that was supposed to prompt her to speak yet she said not a word and only stared right back. This angered Max even more. For not only was she not speaking, but she was a woman and a thief.

"Has another stolen your tongue as you have stolen my gold thief?!" he demanded and was rewarded with a widening of eyes and another small gasp. She walked backwards slowly until she hit the wall. Her eyes widened even more.

"I a-am n-not a th-theif"" she stuttered crossing her arms trying to protect herself.

"Do not deny it wench, it will do you no good" he said and walked menacingly towards her. He was only a kiss away.

"What do you want from m-me?" Liz asked fearfully, trying to tilt her head back to avoid his gaze but knowing she'd only succeed in bringing their lips even closer. Abruptly he moved away.

"I want my money wench!" he yelled.

"I do not have it" she replied weakly. He came forward again.

"Do not lie thief. Give me my money NOW!" this time his voice sounded like a boom for all those shipmates to hear and Liz knew that if she screamed for help no one would come for her.

"Please sir. I honestly do not know. You have mistaken me for i am not the theif you perceive me to be" Liz answered with a much surprisingly calm voice. He must've been shocked as well because for a moment he stared at her then he approached her. His face grew close to her own as he towered over her.

"A sneaky little creature aren't you. You seek my leniency yet i offer you none. You will submit to me and my demands and i demand my gold." he spoke low.

Liz could not help but feel her short temper rising and she cursed her loose tongue," I will not submit to you, you cruel villain. If you had not noticed you just kidnapped me for no apparent reason because I have no idea what gold you speak off!" and now she wished she could take it all back.

Max pulled back startled but then a sand storm filled his eyes and without another thought he snatched her wrist and threw her across the bed she had not noticed before. For all Liz saw was him. Max came atop her while she was still shocked but Liz had managed to restore some of her focus and before either of them knew it she bought her legs up and kicked him off her. He was a very large and muscular man so Liz knew it was only the element of surprise that caught him off guard. Either way though she did not abuse her chance and quickly leapt to her feet and ran across the room to the door.

Her hand had just touched the knob when she felt her feet give out beneath her. She fell to the ground with a painful thud. Liz felt the hands on her ankle and knew that he had tripped her. She twisted to get out of his grasp but her grabbed her hands as she turned on her back and locked them above her. He lay fully atop her now panting and gazign at her furiously. No matter how much she tried she could not help but feel the exquisiteness of his hard body pressed tightly against her, crushing her. The feeling was soon forgotten however when he rose a few inches atop her to pin her with a menacing glare.

"Were you a man, i would hit you" he hissed. Liz raised her head to meet him challengingly.

"As you can see I am a woman, what shall you do now?" she asked with more confidence than she felt. He only chuckled bitterly. His large hand moved to cup and stroke her cheek, his eyes following the movement intently. Liz froze, feeling the warmth of his skin seeping into hers. She realized that she had stopped breathing and immediately took in a breath. Except it came out as a gasp because right then his fingers had lightly grazed her lips.

" You my sweet thief have stolen from me and now you shall be my prisoner until you hand me back my money...until then you are mine" he whispered into her ear and looked back up to gauge her reaction. 'Mine' such a reaction would have stirred the passion of a woman in heat but the only passion that stirried within Liz at the moment was her outrage.
"Prisoner!?! Are you insane! I demand you release me at once" she screamed and struggled to be free of his hands. But he held her strong. Liz couldn't believe it. She was falsely accused of being a thief and she is to be held prisoner for it. It was simply unacceptable. Her father would send an army to raid his ship and rescue her.

"I assure you, I am not insane...simply..shall we say making sure your debt against me is paid to the fullest" he explained almost casually as if the fact that she lay beneath him, totally vulnerable did not effect him in any way. At that moment Liz panicked. For through the haze of the entire ordeal she had forgotten that, now that, that pirate had decided to take her captive, her virtue was at stake. The question was......would he rape her?