‘’ Attack.”
The morning sun shone through the curtains to my and Alrens room. I feel the weight shift in bed as Alren pulls me into his chest.
“ Goodmorning beautiful,” Alren mumbled into my hair with his deep morning voice. I and Alren have been like this for almost 4 years now. We were together but because of the acts we committed before marriage we would be shunned if word got out maybe even worse, and there would be no getting out of it. Alren isn’t the son of a blacksmith like Nik was, Alren’s father was a thief and pirate. Of course, no one knew that though. And I couldn’t marry, because of him.
“ Goodmorning my love.” I say rolling over to face him.” We need to get up now.” I say speaking his nose.
“ Eu não quero sair da cama, mulheres.” Me mumbled to me ( I don’t want to get out of bed women.)
“ Não me coloque mulheres! E levante- se antes que alguém veja!” I snapped at him whilst getting up. ( Don’t women me! And get up before someone sees, Up!)
“ Let them see love.” He groans
“ No, Up!” I say throwing his clothes to him as I finish getting ready.
I sit in the kitchen waiting for my two boys to come out and eat.
“ Ma! I had a really good dream last night! I was a prince, you a queen and Alren king! We lived in a castle-like a whole family!” Sparrow says running out of his room.
“ That's an amazing Sparrow, it sounds like a lovely dream,” I say picking the boy up and setting him in his seat.
“ Will you take me to see a castle one day ma?” Sparrow pleases me.
“ How about me and Leia taking you to see a castle where your dream comes true?” Alren says coming into the kitchen
“ YAAAA” Sparrow yells in joy.
“ Ok, ok you two, off you go and drop this off to Niklaus as well he always forgets to eat in the morning,” I say handing sparrow Niks food bag.
“ Ok ma bye!” Sparrow says taking off towards Niks house.
“ Goodbye love.” Alren presses a kiss to my temple leaving.
“ Be careful at those docks! Gods only know what you are doing.” I muttered the last part to myself. Today I’ll have to stop by Niklaus to drop off herbs but right now father needs his elicitor. I grabbed the dropper bottle that held Father's medicine and walked towards his sleeping quarters.
“ Good Morning father,” I mumbled preparing his medicine drink as he sips on his rum bottle.
“ Whore.” Was my father’s reply. Here we go again.
“ How was the scum last night, you keep bringing him back so it must be good to a loose whore like yourself.” He pauses to look at me. “ Or maybe it’s just someone different every time.” His face contorts into a devilish grin.
“ I can assure you, father I have only ever had one lover,” I respond calmly.
“ Well, that’s too damn bad!” He snapped! “ You are to Marry Niklaus by the end of this year! It’s because of you, your brothers dead, and mother left, I will not let you be the death of us all!” He shouted throwing the bottle at the wall near me, I didn’t even flinch. I'm used to it. I hate rum.
“ She will marry who she wishes to, ya devil.” My father whips his head around only t face Niklaus.
“ Who the hell do you think you are talking to!” My father said angrily
“ A sad excuse of a man,” Niklaus said darkly, stepping towards my father’s chair with a dark look in his eyes. When he reached my father he kicked one of the chair legs out causing my father to fall.
“ Look at you, you can’t even get up and fight back.” Nik mocks
“ You are so fucking pathetic.” He added slowly, crushing my father’s throat with his foot. “ If I ever find out you have threatened the angel behind me again. I’ll skin you alive and feed you to the wolves.” Niklaus spat with venom. He turned back towards me, noticing the tears in my eyes. It’s been years since I’ve cried. He cupped my face and kissed my forehead. After that, he didn’t pull away but rested his forehead against my own pulling me into a hug.
“ Yeah ok, love birds break it up and come out here would ya.” I hear Alrens voice from the seating area. We detach ourselves and walk to where Alren is.
“ How much of that did you all hear,” I asked quietly hoping Nik didn’t know about me or Alren… I don’t know why I cared that he didn’t know so much but I couldn’t hurt him like that.
“ Just that I and You are supposed to be wed by the end of the year,” Niklaus spoke and I see Alrens hands grip into fists.
“ If he has wished it, you can’t deny it can you,” Alren spoke in a harsh tone.
“ No, the only one who has the power of refusal here is Niklaus,” I say looking down at my feet. Alren rushed out of the house in anger. I was about to follow him when Nik pulled me back.
“ give him time to cool off Nelia.” He whispered.
“ That’s not giving him time to cool off, that’s giving him time to do something stupid,” I say prying my arm free and chasing after Arlen.
I knew where to find him, by the docks where we first met. Over the years the place has become deserted; only one or two people even cross the docs and that’s to get to somewhere else. All the fishermen and pirates have left, well all except the boys who were taken here years ago like Alren.
“ Alren, love please talk to me,” I say, walking up to him and putting my hand on his shoulder. He turned to look at me and I could see that his green eyes have been puffy and red, he had been crying.
“ I don’t want to lose you, Leia. I love you.” I mumbled pulling me closer to him.
“ You aren’t going to lose me, love, we will figure something out,” I say mumbling into his neck.
“ If I were rich, if I had money could I oppose him, could I oppose Niklaus.” He says with a sudden change in behavior.
“ I suppose but neither of us has money, Ren, and Nik is the son of the blacksmith,” I say
“ Not now, but what if I could get some, fast before the end of the year and be able to Marry you?” He asked, suddenly getting up.
“Than how would you do the Alren?” I asked skeptically. He turned around with a serious face.
“ You love me as a nobody, Would you Love me as a pirate?” He asked, his voice slowly getting quieter.
“ I love you as a nobody, I would love you if you were rich and I would love you as a Pirate,” I said getting up and standing in front of him. A smile graced his handsome face.
“ Then I will leave, with the little crew I have here, I will get bigger and I will bring back more gold and treasures than you could ever imagine.” He said picking me up and spinning me around. I had a sudden realization that saddened my mood.
“ But you are going to leave me here aren’t you,” I asked.
“ I have to Leia, a ship is no place for a woman.” He said.
“ You sound like Nik now,” I mumbled sitting back down on the boxes.
“ He would be right about this. A woman could never be a pirate; it is unheard of for good reason. It's too dangerous for the fragile.” He said.
“ Fragile, I am not fucking FRAGILE ALREN!” I snapped at him.
“ Mo you are not here, but you would be on the sea. Please just promise me you will wait for me, do not give in to Nick's Proposal.” He pleaded.
“ Fine, I promise.” I gave in with a sigh.
“ Then I will leave in the morning.” SAid Alren.
The morning came quickly, Alren was packed and ready to head off. To say I was scared for him would be an understatement. What would become of him, how much would he change over these months, what if he is killed? All of these thoughts swam in my mind but I couldn't do anything but hope he came home to me. Before he gets only to ship he runs to me and hands me a dagger, not just any dagger it was his mother's.
“ Eu sei que você está com medo de eu não voltar para casa, mas enquanto você tiver isso, saiba que eu sempre voltarei. Eu te amo Cornelia.” He whispered to me. ( I know you are scared i will not come home, but as long as you have this, know that I will always come back. I love your Cornelia.)
“ Eu também te amo. Captain.`` I mumbled back to him. ( I love you too. Captain.) And with that he was off, he had left.
It had been about a week since Arlen had left and I had continued to train on my own but it grew to be difficult without him. I never realized how much I depended on him intel he left. Sparrow has missed him dearly too, but the poor boy still wakes up and thinks he’s here. Niklaus’s mood has only seemed to grow brighter since Alrens departure.
“ Hey MA!” I see sparrow come barreling into the kitchen with dirt smudges on his cheek.
“ What is it, sweetie?” I asked curious about what he was so excited about.
“ There’s a witcher in town!!” Sparrow squeaked.
“ Really?”
“ Yea but people said he was bad luck so they didn’t let him stay at the inn, so guess what MA!” he jumped
“ What?” I slowly asked.
“ I said he can stay Here YAAAA!” Sparrow giggled. Running to the door and dragging in a very muscular man with two swords on his back, long black hair, golden eyes, chiseled face with slight stubble on there along with one scar across his face. Just like mine.
“ Hello ma’am, I'm sorry I will leave if I am intruding.” He spoke with a gruff voice that sent chills down my spine.
“ NO it’s quite alright we have extra room, and please Call me Cornelia ma’am makes me feel old.” I joked and he let out a chuckle.
“ Alright Cornelia, my name is Bain.” He said with a soft smile.
“ Wel Sparrow show this man to the guest room while I set up for dinner.”
“ Ok, Ma!” Sparrow said, dragging the man along with him.
Dinner was quite nice, SParrow crashed right after leaving Bain to go set him in his room. When he came back out he helped me clear the Kitchen and created a small chat.
“ Bain if you don’t mind me asking why are you here, I know the town has lost a lot of population but that's due to them leaving we have never had a monster problem?” I asked, finally giving in to my curiosity.
“ Well Cornelia, because the population is so low here it is the perfect spot for a Siren to lay her kin.” He said.
“ A Siren, they go after sailors, we have none of them here?” I was still confused.
“ Once every decade a Siren will grow legs and come onto earth looking to have her child.” He said, handing me a dish.
“ Sirens give birth on land?” I asked shocked
“ No they create their children on land, Sirens cannot reproduce so they use their magic to turn women like them so their species will still survive.” HE said looking at me
“ So you're saying every woman in town is at risk? What happens if they get turned?” I asked
“ If they get turned I will have to kill them, I cannot let a monster live.” He responded.
“ Ok, well try and get some rest ok?” I said leaving toward my room that I will be sharing with Sparrow for the time being.
“ Sparrow! Sparrow baby, where are you!” I yelled as the rain continued to blur my vision. I look down to see blood, blood is everywhere.
“ No, no, no, no, HELP!” I scratch my voice sending waves back into the ocean as they could no longer reach the shore.
“ You have to die now.” I turned and looked around to see a horrific sight.
“ ALREN NOO!”
( To be Continued.)
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