Bellas POV
When I saw the ship in flames my heart skipped several beats. He promised and now I was left alone in the world. All my family were on that ship. My father. My friends. Nothing mattered anymore. I broke down then and there. I could feel the stared burning into my back as I tried to escapes their glare. But two hands stopped me. I was dragged kicking and screaming back to the room. Sobbing breathlessly my feet moved no matter how much I protested. I was pushed into the room where I ran to the bed and collapsed. Crying into the soft silk and shaking violently. No one would know I was missing. No one would know I was gone. I would be at their mercy. Defenceless. What would happen to me now was the last thing from my thoughts. Tomorrow I would wake up and find it has all been a dream and my family are safe and sound and the pirates didn't exsist. I continued to cry. I felt eyes on me from across the room and I turned red faced to meet them. The Captain met them from his seat next to the desk. He sat there quietly staring at me, his face expressionless.
"Why!?!"
"Why what?" he replied. Unconcerned with the subject.
"Why did you have to kill them? You had me so why break your word. You had no reason."
My voice hysterical now. I screeched at full volume.
"No one sees this ship. And with such precious cargo as you we do not want the risk of being found with you. Kidnapping is against the law. No survivors mean that no ships will come after us no one will know you're gone."
I saw that it made sense but that was no reason to kill innocent men. My heart ached for them. I felt so alone. My life now meant nothing to me. He had taken all but one thing from me and that was soon to be remedied. I wanted to die. To be with my parents and to smile down at the world below us. I was snapped out of my thoughts by the sound of the chair. He got up and made his way slowly towards me. He sat next to me on the bed and pulled me into an uncomfortable hug. I was shocked but sill whimpering at his touch. My eyes still filled with tears. He was trying to comfort me. He kidnapped me and now was trying to comfort me! I sobbed into his shirt. I needed someone to cry on. I hugged back and broke down as he tried to calm me down. I felt a wave of calm and a sense of security in the arms of this murderous man. But I couldn't let go.
"Shhhhhh…… you can cry…let it all out."
My crying to continue but he kept whispering into my ear soothing words. My hysterical crying slowed and I felt sleepy. The arms around me felt so warm that I closed my eyes and drifted off into a deep sleep.
Edward POV
I was pleasantly surprised when she let me come as close as I did. She needed someone to cry on. Usually I wouldn't care if she was hurt but the see the forlorn look on her face made me feel upset that I killed them. She hugged back after a while and her crying slowed into silence. I looked down at the puffy red eyes and saw she was asleep. I laid her gently on the bed and pulled the quilt into her. I was tempted to undress her but then I would lose her trust and I wanted her trust. I didn't know why. I returned to the deck while she slept. There was no reason to make anyone guard the door she couldn't go anywhere. We were at sea miles from any inhabited land. Emmett and Jasper greeted me as I walked to the middle of the deck.