Save the Sea (Saved by Pirates #3)(20)

“Now what?” I ask.

“Our power comes from our chosen. I have one chosen, so my power is limited to her, but our bond is so strong that I can hear her thoughts. I can sense where she is without opening my eyes, and if she were in pain, I would know,” he tells me.

“My bond isn’t that strong,” I say.

“It is strong, but still new and muddled because you have so many chosen. It’s rare for a changed one to take so many chosen. In fact, there is only one changed that I know of that even has four chosen, not six like you have taken,” he informs me, but his voice holds no judgement, only stating a fact. I wonder why he doesn’t mention the queen, as she had four chosen. I hate how everyone here just seems to have forgotten her.

“Are you saying I won’t ever have that bond?” I ask him, keeping my eyes closed. I don’t want to hear the answer. It really doesn’t matter in the end, because I wouldn’t change anything.

“Not at all, you will have that bond with each them in a few years. Maybe an even more powerful than bond any of us have experienced,” he says.

“Right, so why are we closing our eyes as we speak?” I ask.

“Straight to the point, no thank you for the reassurance and advice?” he asks me, but it’s clear he doesn’t want a reply as he keeps speaking. “Our power comes from our bond; it’s where it builds, where it comes from. Imagine your bond as you listen to my words.” I take a deep breath, doing as he asks and feeling for the bond. It’s like a warm place in my chest, where I can sense my pirates and their love and trust.

“Now, imagine a need to protect that bond, like a wave of water covering it,” he says, and I do as he asks, feeling water spreading out from my hands. I hold them with my palms facing the floor as I keep the feeling of my bond in the forefront of my mind and the need to protect it.

“Open your eyes, Cassandra,” he tells me, and I blink in shock when I see the entire room flooded in a low level of water. We are in a clearing; the water doesn’t touch us at all.

“You have so much control of this water, it is yours. You have made it so it doesn’t even touch us. Now lift it into the air, high enough to touch the ceiling,” Master Pirate demands.

“I-I can’t do that,” I stutter out.

“Now, Cassandra. Don’t think about it, just feel,” he pushes me, placing a hand over his heart. I close my eyes, trusting my bond, and try to picture all of the water rising. It’s hard to imagine the impossible, but I have to trust that I’m strong enough to do just that. A warm feeling spreads all over me, and I open my eyes, knowing if I were to look up, the water would be floating.

“Look,” Master Pirate says, and I nod my head before looking up at the ceiling, where all the water floats. It’s easy once you can control it, like it listens to my demands. My love for my pirates makes this possible. I stand up, holding my hands in the air, and push all the water into three balls.

“Let’s play,” I grin, stepping back as Master Pirate laughs, and I throw one of the balls of water at him. He goes flying across the floor, somehow landing on his feet, but dripping wet. He holds his hands out at his side, and two balls of water appearing like mine. I pull my own spheres of water right in front of me, and aim another one at him. His own water sphere meets mine, and he follows straight after with a jet of water aimed right at me. I quickly make my last sphere of water into a jet, and it collides with his directly in between the two of us. I have to hold both my hands up, struggling to push against the pressure from his water. It inches towards me, and I'm gradually losing ground, one step back at a time. I can’t lose this, I need to prove to him that I’m not nothing. Nothing. The word evokes memories of the king and his dark, evil eyes. The amount of hate in his sure expression when he said I was nothing flashes in my mind. I channel the hate, opening my eyes, and suddenly everything changes. My jet of water extends, getting stronger and destroys his, blasting into him and this time, slamming him into the wall. I look down, realising I’m actually hovering above the ground as water swirls around me. The power disappears quickly, and I collapse onto the wet floor. The door opens behind me, and Dante and Everly walk in. They both stop, looking at me, and then over to Master Pirate. Everly runs over to check on Master Pirate as Dante comes to me, offering me a hand. He pulls me up and holds me close.

“Are you alright, pretty girl?” he asks me, pulling back and checking me over.

“I’m fine, it was just training. I needed a changed one’s help to learn,” I explain to him.

“You just scared me, seeing you lying on the floor like that,” he says, and I wrap my arms around him.

“I’m sorry,” I mumble, and he kisses the top of my head. I look over as we hear clapping, slow loud claps. Master Pirate walks over to us, with Everly at his side, who looks amused.

“So, I won, what’s your name?” I ask.

“Never trust a pirate, Cassandra. Hasn’t anyone ever told you that?” Master Pirate taunts. He walks around me and out the door as I laugh. Everly leaves with Master Pirate, shutting the door behind them.

“I missed you, but didn’t quite expect to see this when I walked in,” Dante says, sliding his hand into my hair.

“I didn’t know I could even do this,” I admit. “It’s amazing to have such a connection to water.”