Treasure of the sea |Lesbian story|

CHAPTER XXI

The prostitute pulled away from Arenis hastily, letting out a yelp of pure surprise. Her hair was dripping and her bodice stained.

"What the...?" she muttered, giving me a dirty look. If a look could kill...

Arenis wiped her face with the sleeve of her jacket and dabbed her wet pants with the tablecloth. She remained serious. Eddie and the other crewmen had witnessed the whole scene and a heavy silence fell over the inn afterwards. What on earth had I just done? I had intentionally spilled whiskey on the Captain...! The prostitute left, furious, and disappeared upstairs, probably to change clothes. As soon as she was gone, Arenis raised her cerulean eyes to me and scrutinized me intently. I was paralyzed with terror and dared not move.

Everything happened suddenly. The Captain tipped her head back, as she was wont to do when she laughed, and burst into a roaring laugh that invaded the whole inn. "Jesus Christ, Adler! What the hell's the matter with you?"

"This place is disgusting. "

I got up from the table and headed for the exit. Arenis called my name, but I didn't turn back. When I was outside, I leaned on the front door seal and stood there, arms crossed over my chest and a grimace of irritation on my face. Eddie soon caught up with me. He ran out in such a hurry he almost ran into me.

"The Captain will kill me if I don't keep an eye on you."

"I don't give a damn."

"Oh, come on, don't be like that. "

I was furious, with all of them. "You did it on purpose, didn't you? Did the Captain suggest it?"

"What?"

"To take me to a brothel."

"No... What are you saying?"

"You intended to frighten me, to make me see what was coming to me if I didn't obey your damn orders, if I didn't surrender to all of you and integrate myself permanently into the crew. You are bastards, monsters."

Eddie was confused. "It's not like that."

"Sure, right! It was a warning, a threat!" I shouted. I felt my head whirling and I wavered dangerously. Was I... drunk? "I want to leave. I want to leave..."

"Miss Adler. "

I felt tears moistening my eyes. A sharp pain shook my soul. I opened my mouth and searched for oxygen, but I struggled to breathe. My chest was heaving, my legs unsupported. I felt trapped, felt like I was no longer in control of anything, not even my body. For all those weeks I had remained calm, I had learned what I had no desire to learn, I had submitted to my captors as if nothing was wrong, as if everything that had happened to me didn't bother me at all. I had pretended, I had tried to seem strong. I had held back that pain until, in that moment, I burst. Was it the alcohol that had released those feelings? Did the alcohol make me cry like that?

The world around me disappeared. Sounds were muffled, voices mingled with background noise. I could no longer distinguish anything. I was not able to.

The crisis lasted a long time. It seemed like hours, days, weeks. I could feel my lungs burning, sweat pouring down my back, my face wet with tears. What was happening? I felt like I was dying. I was going to die, I was going to die, any moment... But maybe it was better that way.

I felt someone squeeze my shoulder, but that touch hurt, it stung, like needles in the skin. I didn't want to be touched. I pulled away abruptly. I pushed away anyone who tried to come near me.

"Miss Adler."

I opened my eyes. Someone was calling me. There were many people around me, watching the scene.