“Yes, deal.” She said, giving him a look that showed that she wondered if he had hearing problems, though she made no comment on it. “Last night after my party I was going to run away from home forever. My crew was waiting for me at the docks. I was going to run away to the colonies and start my own shipping company, like you and I had planned to do when we were children.” Elissa sighed and took one more drink, a smaller one this time, before holding the bottle out to Joseph. She knew when she’d had enough and needed to stop before problems occurred. “I still want to get away from my father and my fiancé. I don’t love the man.” A dark look came to her face. It was the look of a woman who truly hated someone, a look that could make even the toughest men cower in fear. “If I help you steal back your ship, I’m no better than a pirate and I’ll probably be wanted by the law. Why not make me a pirate too? It would get me away from my father. I have a ship I can sail, but I can sail it under your command. You could become one of the most powerful pirates around with two ships and the reputation of my crew could help. Have you ever heard of Eli Bishop?” 

Eli Bishop was her alias. No one wanted to barter and trade with a woman, so Elissa would dress as a man and go by the name Eli in order to do business. She and her crew had gained quiet the reputation out on the seas as being one of the only ships in all of England to have never lost a ship or cargo to pirates. Eli ha the reputation of being a fighter and was also seen as cunning, many a young lady wanted to meet him, though none ever would. Elissa was proud of the reputation she had as Eli. The one time she hadn’t gone as him had been Spain and she swore after it to never got as herself again, even if people accepted female merchants.

“So? What do you say?” She asked. “You could be the greatest pirate to ever live.” She smiled, hoping to appeal to his ego. “You still don’t believe me though about you and I being friends, do you?” It was a hurdle she’d have to get over soon.