Epilogue

EPILOGUE

HUNTER

" I 'm going to kill every one of those guards. I knew a few of them that escaped," I spit out as I watch the ship sail off into the Storm Sea. We can't follow them there, and they know it. Our ship isn't designed for those waters, and my father would use his powers to destroy our ship when we got close. His castle overlooks those seas.

Bastards.

"They won't kill her. They're taking her to the king," Chaz says, wiping one of his daggers free of the blood on it. Every one of the guards who walked on to this ship are dead, and I glance over to see Jacob as he throws the bodies into the sea. That girl Cassandra brought aboard the ship is missing, too, along with the dragon egg.

The ship is wrecked. The cannons did a good job of making sure we can't follow them for a few days while we repair it. Jacob and Zack fired as many cannons back as we received, but had to stop when they got Cassandra on their ship. They moved the plank too quickly for us to stop them. All I saw was the guard throw her over his shoulder and then whack her on the head with the back of a dagger. I ran for her, but I was too late. They had her.

I remember how I grabbed a rope and tried to jump over to the other ship, but they had a good head start by then, and I couldn't make it. I had to watch them take her.

Ryland comes down the steps and I see him for the first time. My hands tighten when I see Cassandra's mark standing out on his forehead. The upside-down triangle. Each changed one has a different mark.

"You're one of her chosen?" I ask, not wanting to believe it.

"Yes," Ryland says. Cassandra will have her power now, even if it's weak. The more people she chooses, the more power she gets. My mother had four, and was powerful. My father found a way to take her power, all of it. Now, the shell of the woman who was my mother is all that is left, and her other chosen are dead. Killed by my father.

"We have to get her back before he gets her," I say, and no other words are needed.

"Time for us to go home, brother," Ryland says. Home to a place where I swore I would never return to until I could kill my father. A place full of horrors and memories I don't want to remember.

But, Cassandra is there, my little bird.

"Time for us to see our father and get our girl," I say as I see Jacob coming over to us. He looks as furious as we all feel. I glance over at each one of my friends, seeing their nods and knowing the same thing as we do.

Cassandra belongs to us, and no one is taking her.

Saved by Pirates series continues with Love the Sea …