Chapter 50: She is saved

POV RICHARD

A sailor heard my ordeals, as did my father, Lilian, the captain, and the rest of the people on board.

A boat was tied up with a rope and being suspended outside the ship, the bravest man among all, or, perhaps, unaffected by panic, ventured into the tiny craft and climbed down as two of his companions wielded the rope in parallel.

As the boat sat in the sea, the boy jumped into the water and dove, tearing through the waves.

My terrified eyes didn't shy away from the mission for a second, and frankly I trembled inside with all the regret in the world. It is one thing to want to scare Akira Selena, to hold her hostage to my madness and obsession to have her all to myself. It is another to carry the guilt of her death.

She went from being a simple savage that it was my duty to seduce, to being the center of my life. If I were to treasure her, Skyfall or Akira Selena, what is my sense of living?

And so, in one thing, the Gypsy I met on the pier, is right. My entire exi