You are standing on the deck. The bone-chilling sea wind flutters the torn and stained skirt of your once luxurious dress. The ropes unpleasantly rub the delicate skin of your wrists. You feel the cold metal of the thin blade of the dagger on your chin and involuntarily stretch your neck, trying to hide your fear, though your heart beats treacherously fast.

"Our princess is scared?" the guy chuckled, running his fingers almost affectionately through your wind-tangled strands of hair. A pirate named Leon. He's been promised a hefty reward for kidnapping you, the king's daughter. "Don't worry, we were ordered to bring you back alive."