Tempest's Embrace

Chapter 44

Struggling in her captor's arms, Tempest could hear the gruff pants and curses from the man beneath her as darkness engulfed them.  Chaos and shouts followed them as she was tossed into big Johns's arms and carefully hoisted over the wall to the other side.

The moment they scattered and left in the night to escape, she was then handed over to Will as they made their way towards a carriage.

There they stood listening to Justin's orders to meet him on the ship. He turned then as they all left. She shivered with the brisk cool air, brushing her skin as Will placed her on her feet before Justin, Bellamy, and Quinn.
"Siren," he tipped his hat to her and left.

With no words, Bellamy and Quinn turned away as well and disappeared into the carriage leaving her alone with Justin.

"Get in," he ordered gruffly.

Frozen to the spot she could not move. Sadness overwhelmed her with his coldness.

"I said... get in," he repeated harshly.

Lowering her head, she climbed in. Before she could call out to him, the door was shut and the carriage jolted forward.
Quietly in the confines of the carriage, she finally let her tears fall as she sat across from two pairs of sad eyes.

The long ride took them well past the town towards the port where they discarded the carriage and boarded the ship. There she was pulled along by the unforgiving hands of Justin over the planks and onto the deck.

"Lift the anchor and set the sails immediately," he shouted barely stopping as he dragged her past the watchful sad eyes of his crew.

She took double the footsteps to his large anxious strides as they clamored down the steps only to stop midway and he roughly pull her into his arms and carry her the rest of the way.

She felt helpless and at a loss with what was happening. He knew? He knew of her marriage to Haines.  That explained his anger.

He kicked open the door and stepped into the cabin kicking the door shut. She was placed on shaky legs as he stepped away from her as if she burned him.

The silence between them was thick. As he turned his back on her.

His mind swirled with what to do. What to say.

"Justin?" Her voice trembled.

He whirled around to face her and stepped close backing her up to the cabin wall.

"Not a word," he pointed at her heatedly. His whisper, harsh and unforgiving.

He trembled with fury not trusting his self to touch her. Large aqua green eyes full with tears held his.
"Justin, please..." she pleaded.

Swallowing an oath he turned away from her once more. He refused to fall for those tears.

"Let me explain..."

"There is nothing to explain," he turned to face her. "How do you explain betrayal?" Emotion thickened his voice.

"How do you expect to explain to me that the love of my life went and married another man?" He yelled.

"It wasn't like that," she sobbed.

"What was it like? Tell me," The words were ground out between his clenched teeth. That tell-tale muscle was throbbing warningly in his jaw. His body was tense with anger, his face dark with it. He looked as if he could easily hurt her.

"I had no choice," she sobbed.

Her response seemed to anger him more. His hands came up and grabbed her hurtfully over her slender shoulders. Tempest could barely stand her ground, forcing herself to look up into his savage eyes. His long fingers bit deeply into her soft flesh. He shook her, letting her feel the strength in his hands.