Crimson Tides

Crimson Tides

Chapter 1: The Pirate and the Captive

The Black Siren was a name feared across the seas.

A ship of legend, its sails black as the abyss, captained by the most ruthless pirate to ever haunt the oceans—Killian Drake.

And now, tied to the mast of that very ship, was Elias Vale—a naval officer, prisoner, and the man Killian should have killed the moment he laid eyes on him.

But he didn’t.

Because Elias wasn’t just any captive.

He was the man Killian had spent years trying to forget.


Chapter 2: Ghosts of the Past

They had met long ago, when the world was different—when Killian was still a boy with salt in his hair but no blood on his hands, and Elias was the son of a nobleman, untouched by the cruelty of the sea.

They had been friends, then more than friends, stealing moments beneath the docks, whispering dreams of adventure and freedom.

But the world was never kind to lovers like them.

Elias had chosen the law.

Killian had chosen the sea.

And now, they stood on opposite sides of an endless war.


Chapter 3: A Battle of Wills

“You should have drowned me when you had the chance,” Elias muttered, struggling against his ropes.

Killian smirked, arms crossed. “Tempting.”

Elias glared. “Then why am I still breathing?”

A shadow of something unspoken flickered in Killian’s storm-gray eyes.

“Maybe I like watching you squirm.”

Lies.

Because no matter how much time had passed, no matter how many battles they had fought—Killian couldn’t bring himself to let Elias go.

And Elias?

For all his hatred, he couldn’t forget the way Killian once touched him like he was something worth saving.


Chapter 4: Between Loyalty and Love

The Black Siren was hunted.

Elias’s crew would come for him, and when they did, Killian would have to choose—his men or the only man who had ever mattered to him.

One night, as the waves rocked the ship, Elias whispered, “You know this won’t end well.”

Killian leaned against the mast beside him, exhaling slowly. “It never does.”

A long silence stretched between them.

Then Elias, voice softer this time—“Why didn’t you let me go that night? When I left?”

Killian’s jaw tightened.

Because if he had?

He wouldn’t have survived it.


Chapter 5: The Storm That Changed Everything

The navy attacked at dawn.

Cannons roared. Fire engulfed the deck.

Killian fought like a demon, his sword flashing red with blood, but there were too many.

And when Elias was dragged away in chains, Killian made the only choice that had ever mattered.

He surrendered.

For him.

For the man he had sworn to forget but never could.

For love.


Epilogue: A New Horizon

They should have been executed.

But fate had other plans.

Under the cover of night, they escaped together—not as a pirate and a soldier, not as enemies, but as something else.

Something undeniable.

Something eternal.

And as they stood at the helm of a stolen ship, the sea stretching endlessly before them, Killian smirked.

“Where to, Captain?”

Elias chuckled, stepping beside him. “Wherever the wind takes us.”

Because no matter what came next—

They would face it together.


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