Elena looked at Cecilia and stepped forward, ignoring the outstretched hand. As Elena looked at her, she could not help but feeling slightly impressed. The woman seemed so confident and at ease on her ship. Elena envied the captain’s ability to make her own decisions and go about wherever she wanted. Granted, Elena was not happy that those decisions involved abducting her and selling her off like some rare artifact, however her status as a captain was still somewhat aweinspiring. Elena found the woman to be rather strange. She would have expected kidnapping pirates to be more unpleasant. Instead she found Cecilia to be quite… intriguing. Mentally she berated herself. She should be more suspicious, more afraid. 

Glancing away from the pirate captain, Elena gazed warily around the ship. Seeing pirates going about their various duties right in front of her was somewhat intimidating. Without noticing her actions, she moved slightly closer to Cecilia. It was not as if she trusted the woman, or at least she should not trust her, but staying by her side seemed preferable to getting closer to any of the other pirates.

“You act as if I am here on a holiday, Captain Storm,” she said coolly. “Give me a tour if you feel you must, it does not truly matter to me.” She paused before continuing. “I do not suppose it has occurred to you that no matter the sum you have been offered by your employer, whoever that might be, you could elicit three times that amount if you were simply to return me to the palace,” she said, tucking a lock of hair behind her ear to bring attention to the diamonds that glittered there. “Surely if it is wealth you are after, their majesties could provide you with more than enough as a ransom.”

She hated the fact that her existence was reduced to her value in gold or as a political pawn. It was that aspect of her life that had gotten her into this mess, but she was willing to play the game along with everyone else if it meant that it could also get her out.