Chapter Five: To Port

Adrianna did not know how to react. To say the mere touching of his lips to hers had no effect on her would have been a lie. In all reality it was her first kiss. Her late husband had only kissed on the cheek a handful of times and it always felt brotherly to her. At the same time she was not a wanton or a whore and she would not allow this rouge pirate to treat her as such. The look of triumph in his eyes only made her angrier and when he pressed his lips to hers again, this time she would not fall for his temptation, instead she bit his lip until she tasted blood.

To her dismay he still held onto her, but stepped back and spit blood onto the plank floor. When he looked back at her she was surprised to see that it was not anger in his eyes, instead he was smiling at her. "A lesser man would hit you for that love, however I am an exemplary fellow and would do no such thing." He brushed some hair from her face, "Tell me what do you want?"

Without hesitation Adrianna responded, "Release me"

Jack smiled, "Very well, however there is a price." Adrianna tilted her head and looked at him expectantly. "One real kiss and I will release you."

Adrianna stared at him for a long moment before she rendered her answer. What would he do if she didn't agree? Stand here forever with her pinned against the wall? Or would he kiss her anyway? What if she liked his kiss? Then what would she do? She never received any real attention from a man and always wondered what a real kiss would be like. This was her chance to find out, but was it worth the price. The price of what this single kiss could possibly lead too. "Ye will want it" is what he had said to her. "No" was all she said and to her surprise he released her anyway.

Jack moved to leave the cabin and as he opened the door he looked back to her with a mischievous smile, "Next time luv, the price will be much higher."

Adrianna breathed a sigh of relief. There would not be a next time. She walked to the nearest chair and sat down. What was she going to do? She highly doubted that they would sail to a port until he had his way with her. Then he would discard her, but not until then. She needed to think of a plan and she needed one quick.

The beginnings of dawn where peeking through the cabins window when Adrianna heard the commotion above deck. She walked to the door and listed carefully to the crew. Apparently they were at a port and were preparing to dock. Adrianna had to contain her excitement. This was her chance to escape, she just needed to bide her time until most of the crew went ashore. She could hear steps approaching the cabin and quickly ran to the bed to feign sleep.

Without opening her eyes she knew it was the captain approaching the bed and when the steps stopped she tried hard not to hold her breath. When his lips touched hers for the third time in less than a day her eyes grew wide and she jerked her head back from his.

"Knew you were not in the peaceful slumber you attempted to show." Jack said standing back up.

Adrianna was vexed. "What do you want now?"

"I though the lady might want to go ashore as it were." Jack said mockingly.

Adrianna thought quickly, "Is this to be my new home then?" She asked.

Jack laughed, "If you wish a life of whoring in Tortuga then I suppose it will do."

"No thank you!" Adrianna huffed and crossed the room putting as much distance between them as she could.

"Your choice. Of course if you are to remain onboard you must not leave this cabin. We would not want you being captured by any pirates who might catch a glimpse of you." Jack said and then left the cabin.

Adrianna didn't really believe him. She doubted that the place was all that dreadful and he was only trying to scare her to do as he wished. The plan to escape that she formulated would work all the better now that he believed she had no desire to see this place. Why would he offer to take her ashore if it was such a horrible place? A couple of hours later, Adrianna put her plan into action.