* 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐇𝐎

- 𝐊𝐈𝐓 𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐁𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐄; BACKGROUND

BONNIE HESTER HASTINGS was by every definition a lady. well-mannered, well-bred, she was her family's pride and joy: made to be an economic bartering piece in hopes of forming a partnership with another wealthy merchant empire not unlike their own.

IT WAS BY PURE CHANCE that she met kit camborne on a crowded street in england. she watched him reach surreptitiously into an oblivious bypasser's pocket, and when he looked up, his gaze met hers, and he gave her a conspiratorial smile, a crooked grin that from then on had sealed bonnie hastings's fate.

IN A WHIRLWIND ROMANCE, kit continued to visit her secretly at her family's home for months. she was enamored with his way of life, the freedom he had at sea and the way he looked at her as she leaned over the edge of her bedroom window, auburn hair catching the moonlight.

HER FASCINATION with the way he lived made her all the more eager when kit proposed the idea that she run away with him, confronted by the realization that her mother and father would never allow such a match. she resolved to leave behind her comfortable life and join kit at sea, where he told her they could be married.

SHE ADAPTED QUICKLY to life aboard kit's ship, and the crew seemed to respect her. she felt as though she were at home, especially with her fiancé at her side, and though they were not properly married, he took to fondly calling her "mrs. camborne."

IT WAS A BRIGHT, CLEAR DAY when they docked at nassau, some of the crew and both kit and bonnie decided to head separate ways, all with the plan of gathering as much as they could for the ship, whether that was gold or rum.

WHEN SHE RETURNED TO THE PORT, the ship and the crew, including kit, were nowhere to be found. she walked back and forth, thinking that she must have made a mistake, that surely the ship was there and she had merely overlooked it. distraught with the realization that he had left her, she went to a nearby tavern with the intention of getting as roaring drunk as she could manage.

ONCE SHE HAD LEFT, rum on her breath, she selected a ship from the port that she believed was the easiest to steal, as it was fortunately neglected and unprotected, making it almost too easy for her to commandeer.

OVER THE YEARS without kit, which have not numbered too many, she has collected a crew and a stronger fleet, growing to become one of the most notorious pirates in the caribbean. she still harbors a bitterness for kit and vows to find him again to get her revenge.