Whispers of the Tide

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Serene's POV:

"I f*****g knew ya were one of those monsters! f**k!" The captain was now pacing, tugging his hair, almost pulling it out with his bunched fists. 

"Captain..."

"Don't ya "Captain" me, ya demon!" He screamed over top of me. 

"I truly mean you know harm, and I find your reaction odd. It is pirates that have been hunting my kind, so it is in fact your species that are regarded the monsters. We do nothing to humans or pirates, we actually avoid your kind because the consequences can be diar. I have shared this information with you because I believe we must trust one another." I tried to reason. We did in fact need to trust each other. I was just the first of the two of us to show my hand and be transparent with the pirate captain. His reaction shocked me and it hurt me. But I knew deep down in my soul that he would not harm me. At least I hoped not.

"How the f**k and I meant to trust ya when ya one of THEM?" 

"What is it you have against us Captain?"

I saw the captain look away, his eyes seemed to cloud over as though reliving a memory. His hands balled at his side and he squeezed his eyes shut. 

"My family was murdered by merfolk, brutally murdered in cold blood for no reason. I was only 6 years old. I lost everything that day! Now, please tell me, how do you expect me to trust ya when it was your kind that left me an orphan?!"

I was speechless. I'm pretty sure my mouth was hanging open. I had never heard of us killing humans for no reason other than war or to defend one of our own. But killing parents leaving a child alone in the world? My heart broke at the thought of a young Connor left without the two people that should have been there for him. And my people had done that to him. I completely understood his hatred for us now. I couldn't blame him one bit. I wonder what kingdom the merfolk had come from that did such a terrible thing. 

I looked up, meeting the captain's eyes. I had tears in mine. I couldn't help but feel his deep sorrow as though it were my own. 

"I am so terribly sorry for your parents. I had no idea. I truly have never heard of such a crime committed by one of my own. I know all I may offer are words, but they are real, I mean you and your crew no harm. My people have been going missing and there are strange events happening. After you mentioned humans are also going missing, I am more interested than ever to get to the bottom of the mystery. Please accept my sincere apology on behalf of my people Captain Connor of the Black Soul." I said putting my hand over my heart and bowing my head in respect.

"I don't need ya pity or ya apology. It wasnt ya that did it. But I will never forgive what happened. I'll find the scum that killed my parents. I'll have my revenge."

"And I will help you." I said, and I meant it. I would love nothing more than to help bring the beings responsible to justice.

The captain seemed to calm at this point, taking an uneasy breath. 

"I will keep ya secret. My crew can not know about ya."  His eyes trailed from my face and down my body, spending extra time on my exposed shoulder that had escaped his white shirt, the collar falling down my arm.

"Ya need clothes." He stated, turning towards his draws. He pulled out the pants and tee shirt he had handed me when I first arrived on board The balck soul. I took them and started undoing the buttons on his shirt I was wearing. His eyes widened and he turned to give me privacy. It made me smile. A pirate who could be respectful towards women? It only made my forbidden affection towards him grow. I need to get control over these feelings I was having. There needed to be nothing romantic between us. It can never happen. The thought of never having the captain brought pain to my chest. I wanted him in every way possible. I know it is insane. I hardly knew him and he was a pirate, a captain at that. I shook my head and pulled on the pants and tee shirt. I tied the draw cord of the pants as tight as I could around my waist to keep them from sliding down. The white tee shirt was large too so I tucked it into the black pants to help hold them up. 

When I was done dressing, I cleared my throat to hint to the captain that it was now safe to turn around. I was still shocked that he had given me privacy. He had more sense than me, I would have just bared all in front of the good looking pirate captain, damning the repercussions. It is for the best we keep it PG. 

When the captain turned back to face me he looked me up and down and nodded to himself as though confirming something I wasn't privy to. 

"Ok, Good. Get some sleep. We will continue North in the morning. I have a lead on some missing people." he simply said heading for the door of the captain's quarters.

"What? That is all? This is your room, I shall sleep with the rest of the crew or leave the ship and return in a few hours at dawn before we sail." I responded.

"Ya will not leave. And I will not let ya be near those filthy beggars I call a crew. Sleep here, I will sleep on deck, I prefer sleeping under the stars anyway." With that, he steps from the room closing the door behind him and stomps up the stairs.

I collapsed on the soft bed with a sigh throwing my arms out wide. I felt the tension I was holding in the captain's company leave my body. It has been a long few days and I was beyond tired. I crawled up the bed and slid under the white sheets and lush red velvet quilt. Snuggling into the feather pillow, I couldn't help but wonder what the pirate captain was doing. The memory of the look in his eyes tonight was enough to make my breath hitch. I need to stop thinking about him like this. Closing my eyes, I knew regardless of how much I might fight it, my dreams would only be of him.

Connor's POV:

As I made my way up the steps to the deck I grabbed a bottle of whiskey and headed towards the bow of the ship. I was still reeling with the realisation that Serene was a Mermaid. I had considered it, But I had hoped I was wrong. I had freaked out, I have never been a calm man. And finding out she was connected by species to the demons that killed my parents made me see her in a whole new light. Even the thought of it was like ice water down my back. She was one of them. A sea demon. They are known for their evil doings. Abducting people, downing sailors, murdering  in Nothing can happen between us, I was more certain than ever. Anything between humans and merfolk was forbidden. If anyone found out we even had a mermaid on board the ship our heads would be on a pike.

I knew all this, and still I couldn't stop my lustful thoughts. When she went to undress in front of me, it took all my strength to turn my back. I couldn't see her naked, it would ruin any chance I had at keeping my hands off her. When I had turned back around I had hoped that the baggy clothes would help make her less attractive. Nope, she still looked completely fuckable. At this point I have come to realise she could wear a trash bag and I still wouldn't be able to keep my eyes off her. She was breathtakingly beautiful. 

Leaning against the railing, I took a long swig of my rum. I turned my back to the ocean and slid down to sit against the side. I closed my eyes trying bloody hard to not think about the woman that was currently in my bed. It was going to be a long night.