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"Oh, I want a fight, don’t you worry about that, but I want soto take this girl, and I’ toto know it’s your fault You’re going to drown inside, and you’re going to begin goingto co to give oing to make sure I destroy you in the worst, most painful way possible See, if I just kill you noon’t be satisfied You need to suffer first I not only need to destroy you, but everything you are I’ve been wanting this for so long you can’t even begin to iine the kind of fucked up I arips his hood, lowering it I gasp, one, because he’sI’ pure, raw, masculinity that makes you want to drop on your knees and lick him from head to toe He has dark hair that sits around his shoulders, and by the looks of it, it’s thick and silky His eyes are light--froht, but I can see they are His body is tall, extre through the coat, ripped He has that overly , full lips He’s absolutely asp besidee?" the young e, take it out on me, not her," Hendrix hisses

"See, that’s where you’re not seeing the big picture" He grins, pressing the knife closer Jess cries out "This is all for you"

"You’re wrong about everything," Hendrix says, his voice becoentler "If you’ll just…"

"Shut the fuck up," the youngtell me your bullshit lies"

He takes a step back and lifts a hand, waving it The ship begins to move

"Jess!" I cry "Hendrix, you can’t let hi Her eyes are wide and frightened

"You want the girl back alive?" the youngback, and we both stand in shock Hendrix turns suddenly, screauns raised, but at his call the rest appear

"Not wise," the young man yells, and then whistles A moment later at least forty pirates appear, all armed, all deadly

There’s no way Hendrix has the uns I’ve never seen in my life, and they look deadly

"Back away, or I slit her throat and then my men destroy you"

Hendrix waves a hand, and everyone lowers the weapons He can say nothing, he just watches in shock The young ripping his ar my own voice tremble "Who is that?"

"That is Dirip his hand, and he tre to be okay? Tell me for real, Hendrix"

He looks mortified "I don’t know I really don’t know"

As atch the ship disappear into the distance I knoe’re both praying that we can find a way to get Jess out of this

One thing we both knoill fight to the end for her