Escape the Sea by G. Bailey

Author:G. Bailey [Bailey, G.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-10-30T16:00:00+00:00

Cassandra

“I was looking for you,” Jacob says as he comes into the moonlight. It’s the only light out here on the dark night. The wind howls through the night, and the sails catch the wind, making the night seem louder. I’m sitting on the steps on the deck of the ship after dinner, as I wanted to see the stars.

“I’ve been in the same place for over an hour, you couldn’t have looked well,” I comment, and his lips turn up in a smile. Jacob takes off his hat and walks over to me, he sits on the edge of the steps like I am and leans back on his elbows.

“How was your first real day on the ship?” he asks me.

“Well, most of the people run away from me, the children look at me like I’m two steps away from eating them. I keep falling over when the ship rocks as I’m not used to the wet floors up here, and that cat does not like me,” I say, and Jacob bursts into laughter, laughing so much that I end up joining in. It takes us a while to calm down.

“Salty Sam doesn’t like anyone, so don’t take that personally,” he says. Well, I guess that’s one thing. My leg still stings from the scratches.

“The cat scratched my leg as I walked past him earlier. I nearly jumped out of my skin,” I say, and he chuckles a little as he bumps my shoulder with his.

“Have Chaz take a look at it, he will find some cream to help,” Jacob says looking down at my legs, and then his eyes drift up my body until he gets to my eyes.

“I will,” I say, leaning back and looking up at the stars to break some of the tension.

“Do you know the names of the ten stars?” Jacob asks me, pointing up at the nine stars that make a weird shaped circle. There is one star in the middle of the circle, and I don’t know much about it. My father didn’t know the names, and none of my books talked much of the stars.

“No, I don’t,” I reply.

“Well it’s said that the star in the middle is called Love. That the nine stars around it were her lovers before they all died keeping her safe. They are called Fondness, Devotion, Adore, Lust, Desire, Warmth, Beloved, Sensation, and Compassion. Love couldn’t survive without her lovers, so she died and joined them in the stars. The stars circle around Love to protect her, so she can be free to give her love to anyone who needs it. They say when you’re alone, you only need to wish upon the star of Love, and she will help you.”

“She had a lot of lovers then,” I say, wondering how any woman could cope with nine men in her life.

“Some people are destined for more than one person,” he tells me, and I look up at the circle of stars in the sky. I don’t think on his words much more than I have to.

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