She awoke with a gasp. I gave her my hand to help her up, but she declined it and got up herself. “Thank you for saving me, sir,” she nodded her head, and went to the door.
“I’m afraid you can’t do that, ma’am,” I grabbed her by the shoulder.
“And why is that?” She turned on her heel.
“We’re at sea, this is a ship!” I gestured at the porthole.
As if he were cued, I heard Gunther shout. “Land oh!”
The ship came slowly to a halt, and Henry came to inform me. But instead, he bowed to the woman. “M’lady. Excuse me, Cap’n. We’ve arrived at Gendoro.”
“Aye,” I nodded my head. “Go ask everyone what they would like to pick up.”
Henry exited the room. Gendoro was a popular place for pirates to buy things they needed, like food, ropes, cloth for sails, and other things like that.
The woman started to leave again, and I grabbed her shoulder again. “What is it now?”
I looked at her with piercing eyes. “Once you enter this ship, you can never leave.”