Chapter 1 A New Yet Familiar Face
Leah was called out to see to a new potential crew member. The scent was the first to hit her. Hunter held in her arms, Leah walked up to the man and studied him. She felt like she knew him from some where; but could not remember.
"What be yer name," she asked.
"Marcus Azure."
Leah stuided Marcu and finally recognized him. They were childhood play mates in Port Royal, so it was natural that Leah had forgotten him. Yung came up beside Leah and whispered something to her.
"Bring him."
Some of the men dragged a tied stoaway up from below deck. Leah looked and saw that her judgement of gender was wrong. The stoaway was female, and by the look of her, a street dweller. Leah passed Hunter off to Yung before she went to the teenager.
"What are you doing on my ship?"
"To leave this port. I can't get a job because of the law."
"She seems to be fighter," Yung said. "Took us twenty minutes to tie her up."
"Please don't send me back. I wanna be a pirate."
"I could. Or we could take ye on as crew."
"Cap'n?"
"I'm out of the fight with the kid. As long as..."
Leah looked to the young teenager, wanting a name.
"Kas."
"Can keep up."
"Thank you, Captain."
"Yung, see to it that Kas is given a hammock below deck," Leah instructed as she took Huntr from him.
Yung untied Kas and took her back below deck. Marcus walked up to Leah, who turned to him.
"What in the bloody name of Beckeet happened," he asked.
"It's a long story, Marcus."
"Start with the infant."
"It's my former first mate's."
"Former?"
"Died of a poison arrow."
"So, the stories are true."
Leah nodded; confirming what her friend had heard. The crew casted off and took to the open waters. After all this time, they have not found Jack; just rumors of where he was. If Leah knew Jack, he would laying low until he sorted out where to go.
If I were Jack, where would I hide out in the open, Leah thought.