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Chapter 5

Author: pangyuqi
“Pirates!”

Someone on the shore yelled at the top of his lungs.

“It's the Raven flag—”

I whipped my head around. Through the dark fog, the flag was drawing closer.

The Ravens.

The most ferocious band of Viking pirates at sea.

Legend said that in the ports they burned, even the stones turned to ash.

Chris stood frozen.

His defenses were among the strongest in the region.

But against the Ravens, he didn't stand a chance.

More than a dozen ships cut through the waves.

A man stood at the prow.

The sea wind tousled his dark curls.

An old cloak hung loosely over his shoulders.

Behind him, men crowded the deck shoulder to shoulder.

Their blades and axes flashed, and they looked ready to kill.

Before the ship had even come to a stop, he leaped ashore.

He didn't so much as glance at Chris. He went straight for the iron cage.

He crushed the iron lock in one hand.

He bent down and lifted me out of the cage.

He wasn't gentle about it. If anything, he was a little rough.

“Lily.”

He curled his lip, amusement glinting in his eyes.

“Well, look who's in trouble now.”

I turned my face away.

He gave a low laugh.

“Still got that nasty temper, I see.”

With that, he turned to leave.

“Stop right there.”

Chris finally spoke.

“She's mine.”

He glared at Arthur, biting out each word.

“Are you trying to start a war with me?”

Arthur stopped in his tracks.

He looked back as if he had heard the most ridiculous joke in the world.

“A war?

“I could wipe your little territory off the map without breaking a sweat.”

He sounded completely offhand.

“I'm only sparing your life because someone else has a score to settle with you.”

Then he carried me onto the ship without a backward glance.

Chris didn't move.

His fists were clenched tight.

He watched that man carry his woman up onto the ship, step by step.

On deck, the Raven flag snapped in the wind.

I looked back once.

Chris was standing on the shore.

Across the water, I couldn't make out his face.

All I could make out was his rigid silhouette, looking utterly powerless for the first time.

More ships emerged from the fog.

One after another, they fanned out over the sea.

They stretched along the entire coastline.

A black wall bearing down on the land.

Arthur set me down on the deck.

He leaned down close to my ear.

“Seven years I've waited, and you've finally come to me on your own.

“This time, you won't get away.”
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