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Shanks raised his hand. “That came out wrong.”
She tilted her head, gaze dry. They shared a look. “You sure?”
A pause. A shift in the wind. The warmth of his attention buzzed against her skin, calling to attention their sudden proximity.
He smirked, stepping a little closer, voice lower. “You could make it come out right, if you wanted to.”
A shiver ran through her back. Her eyes narrowed, amused. Dangerous. “Captain, are you flirting?”
“Captain?” he echoed, a little too pleased. “Now you’re just trying to get me worked up.”
He leaned in, bracing a hand casually on the barrel next to her, close enough that she could smell the faint tang of citrus and sea-salt on him.
“I should warn you,” he said, tone dipping, “I’m very responsive to authority play.”
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In freedom lies choices and every choice has its consequences.
Falling off a slaver's ship in the middle of the New World was a miscalculation. Walking up to the Red-Hair Pirates' ship to chase it was a bad decision.
Ending under his protection after very clearly refusing to ever ally herself with pirates? Well, that was bad for her ego.
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22 Jul 2025