Pirate Queen by H.N. Klett

Author:H.N. Klett [Klett, H.N.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: H.N. Klett

The days went by slowly, only punctuated by the brief visits and leering looks of Gibby. He only came to feed her once a day, so it was easy to track the time, though difficult to keep up her energy.

On the tenth day, something seemed different about Gibby. He raised the light level a bit more than usual and he was much more conversational and more careless. He left the door open at the top of the stairs. As he placed the tray on the floor by Hailey, she could smell the tart smell of cheap wine on him.

“I get ta go off duty soon. For a few ‘ole days! Want ta celebrate wit me?”

He crashed to the floor and pulled out a small flagon of wine, showing it to her. She looked around the room. Though it looked brighter, the room suddenly felt colder.

He took a swig and offered it to her, and she shook her head.

“Right. Too good ta ‘ave a drink wit a common man, are ya?”

The words came out more mumbled and marked with more of a heavier accent than usual.

“Fine time ta take some leave. Yer think the cap’n would at least give me a good night ta be off. Fog so thick up ther yer can’ hardly see yer hand in front o’ yer face.”

The cold bite of a chill sunk onto the back of Hailey’s neck as she remembered what the book had told her. She looked up the stairs, eyes wide.

“The mists?” she murmured.

He looked at her and started laughing. “Yer afraid o’ the fog, love? Scared the mean nasty pirates goin’ ta get yer? Well, don’ worry, love. They ain’t real.” He leaned back and propped himself up on one arm. “I been on these seas since I was a lad and I can tell yer now, ther’ ain’t no such thing.” He leaned forward and patted her knee.

Hailey looked up the stairs again, and this time she noticed that the mists he spoke of had started to slowly descend the stairs. She turned back to him and noticed that he had slid a little closer to her. Too close.

“Yer know, we ‘ave a couple o’ days ta get ta know each other…”

He reached over and stroked the side of her cheek. Something inside of her screamed out. She wasn’t sure if it was the voice of her mother or herself way down inside, but she knew one thing: she had to fight.

“No!” She jerked her head away and kicked out with her feet, kicking him firmly on his soft round belly and sending him backwards. There was a commotion upstairs. The sound of hurried feet on the decks above. Gibby paid it no mind as his face darkened and he howled obscenities at Hailey while cradling his belly. Hailey stood up.

She was malnourished and weak, but she wasn’t going to go down without a fight. She was worth fighting for. She felt a volcano swell up in her. Its cauldron full of rage about her life, her situation, and her mother’s death.

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