The Swashbuckling Yarn of Milady Vixen
“Outside, she could hear the yells and cries of the crew harkening to the shouted orders of the officer on deck.
The prow of the vessel is skimming calmer waters, she thought. This can only mean we’ve sailed into a harbor.
An hour later they came for the two of them.
“On yer feet, ye scalawags!” a Marine in red shouted. “We’ve put into port, and the reaper is here for ye. Best not make him wait too long.”
With clinking and clanking the Marine unlocked the cells and dragged the pr...isoners on deck to a familiar sight. The alabaster cliffs of Purdy-on-the-Sea jutted up from the foaming waves as the Lady Jane slid effortlessly toward the docks. The crew tossed hawsers to the dockworkers, and soon the frigate was still and the gangplank lowered.
“I fear this is the end of the line.” Captain Cockrum sighed. “I wish now I hadn’t heard your tale, for my heart is heavy with remorse.MoreLess
The prow of the vessel is skimming calmer waters, she thought. This can only mean we’ve sailed into a harbor.
An hour later they came for the two of them.
“On yer feet, ye scalawags!” a Marine in red shouted. “We’ve put into port, and the reaper is here for ye. Best not make him wait too long.”
With clinking and clanking the Marine unlocked the cells and dragged the pr...isoners on deck to a familiar sight. The alabaster cliffs of Purdy-on-the-Sea jutted up from the foaming waves as the Lady Jane slid effortlessly toward the docks. The crew tossed hawsers to the dockworkers, and soon the frigate was still and the gangplank lowered.
“I fear this is the end of the line.” Captain Cockrum sighed. “I wish now I hadn’t heard your tale, for my heart is heavy with remorse.MoreLess
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