Snow and the Seven Pirates by Marília G. Barbosa

Author:Marília G. Barbosa [G. Barbosa, Marília]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-08-19T22:00:00+00:00

I f she had been as angry as Teeny, it’d have been easier. Instead, the look of utter betrayal in her eyes shattered me. But the fact the guards came from the room they would be going in confirmed my suspicions. It was a trap.

The guards took them away. I could hardly look at Snow.

“I’m sorry about that,” the Governor said, pointing at my lips. I raised a hand, brushing off the blood from Teeny’s blow.

“It’s alright. It was the right thing to do.”

Saying those words killed me inside. How? Why did I care so much what these pirates thought of me? I barely knew them.

“I just don’t understand why they wanted to steal a cup. It makes no sense. I’m sure there are more valuable things in here.”

He laughed, waving a dismissive hand. “Not like mine.”

“What do you mean?”

“My cup is sculpted of pure white jade.”

“Really?” I dropped my jaw, looking as surprised as I could pretend.

“It’s the only one in the world.” His chest inflated and a huge smile stretched out his lips. “I knew there would be an attempt tonight.”

“How did you know that?”

“You don’t get as powerful as I am without eyes and ears everywhere. At least not in this country—different from yours who are born into power. But you and I are the same; there is always someone trying to take what's ours.” He rolled his eyes then looked around as if waiting for an attack. “Those annoying priests have been trying for years to make me give it back.”

“Wouldn’t it be easier to sell it to them?”

“No, my young man. Why would I do that? I commissioned the robbery myself the moment I laid eyes on it during a trip.”

Unable to say anything, I just nodded. Inside, I was burning. I believed he didn’t know it was stolen, that no one really tried to talk to him about it, that no one had explained. He was afraid people were trying to steal something he owned. Up until now, I believed he was innocent.

“Now that they’ve been captured, I can finally send my servants to put away the real one.”

“Don’t you think they’re working with someone else?”

“Perhaps, but those are the only ones tonight that had no connections to anyone before.”

Good. I was completely out of suspicion, then.

“Can I use your washing closet? I don’t want to go down like this.”

“Second door,” he said, pointing at a corridor.

I thanked him and entered, locking the door.

I stopped by the sink and washed my face. My eyes shifted to the reflection on the mirror. The only change was my busted lip, but I felt as if staring at a totally different person.

My plan was to talk to the Governor and make him understand it was all a misunderstanding, tell him how important the cup was to the priests. But in the end…I didn’t expect him to have orchestrated it.

The cold water flowed through my fingers. Teeny was right. How could I be so naïve?

Those honey eyes stared back at me in the mirror.

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